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Watch now: The DNA of innovation

Apr16
by on April 16, 2015 at 2:32 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider

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How do you accelerate innovation? The answer lies within the ability to bring companies, startups, agencies, clients, and budgets together. Traditionally, advertising agencies wanted to work with big companies because they brought big names and big budgets. But lately, agencies have discovered the great innovation potential of startups and started to chase them. We’ve just added Craig Le Grice’s talk on this topic from the TNW Europe Conference 2013 to our TNW Video site and you can watch it right now for free Craig thinks that the future is not about buying and selling, because selling is becoming a forced…

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10 adorable startup pets that make the office feel like home

Apr16
by on April 16, 2015 at 2:12 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider

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Startups subscribe to their own brand of subculture, creating ecosystems often typified by slick offices, cool perks and a laid back vibe. A brief visit to any startup HQ will introduce you to some interesting characters – but not all of them are human. A tour of Europe’s startup offices has revealed that more than a few teams have adopted an office mascot. Bringing animals into the workplace is not exactly a new thing. Big names like Google have encouraged staff to bring their own pets to the office a while now. It’s become a characteristic for companies and startups…

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Any.do updated with new grid view, refreshed design and improved sorting options

Apr16
by on April 16, 2015 at 2:07 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Insider, Product Updates

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To-do list app Any.do has today been updated across all platforms to offer a refreshed design and new features. Among the headline changes are quicker ways to jump between your different lists, for example, by providing a new way to filter them by Date view, List view or Priority view. There’s also the ability to zoom in and out of your lists in a grid view, to help you go from looking at an overview of detail to drilling down into a specific item. Alongside these tweaks, users can also now more easily create and share lists with specific people – just…

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Spotify’s new playlist targeting means brands can tailor ads based on your mood

Apr16
by on April 16, 2015 at 1:39 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Product Launches

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Spotify announced today that it is launching a new form of ad targeting for brands which will allow them to use the context of what you’re doing while listening to music in order to target you with tailored ads. For example, if you are listening to a workout playlist, you would most likely get ads about health and fitness rather than chocolate. The company is able to do this by using its own data combined with that of The Echo Nest, the music analytics company it acquired last year. Spotify hosts 1.5 billion playlists with over 60 million active monthly…

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JotterPad is the writing app for creatives

Apr16
by on April 16, 2015 at 1:16 pm
Posted In: app of the week, Apps, Around the Web, jotterpad, Product Launches

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JotterPad is a full featured text editor that incorporates essential features such as undo, redo, night mode, find phrase, typewriter scrolling and snapshots.

The word processor hasn’t changed since we abandoned pen and paper. But, one thing that has changed since the heady days of Windows 95 is our lives. We’re an easily distracted bunch. Heck, according to new research, our attention spans can barely focus on one thing for 10 seconds without embarking on our own Odyssey through social media notifications. Enter JotterPad. This super simple text editor for Android devices is designed to make the process of writing a little more focused. It’s been stripped of any bells and whistles leaving you with a clean, easy-on-the-eye look. But don’t be fooled.…

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