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MakerBot launches Starter Lab to make 3D printing more accessible

Mar05
by on March 5, 2015 at 5:08 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Gadgets, Insider, Product Launches

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MakerBot announced today its new initiative called Starter Lab. The aim of the project is to make 3D printing more accessible to schools and organizations. The lab kit consists of MakerBot’s Replicator 3D printers, a Digitizer Desktop 3D scanner, MakerCare protection plans for the hardware, parts and materials and a customized, on-site training workshop. The package doesn’t include MakerBot’s composite material to print pseudo-wood, bronze, iron and limestone though. Two schools in the US have already received the Starter Lab – the State University of New York College of Agriculture and Technology at Cobleskill and Union College in Schenectady, New York.…

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Forget MVPs, startups need to create minimum ‘lovable’ products

Mar05
by on March 5, 2015 at 5:05 pm
Posted In: Analysis and Opinion, Around the Web, Insider, MVP, Product design, start up

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Co-Founder & Chief Design Officer at Liberio. This article first appeared on Heyimcat.com I knew there was an increasing problem with the culture in the design/startup community when individuals started introducing their products by talking about how quickly they’ve built them, rather than how efficiently and the quality of it after doing so. Don’t mistake speed for precocity: the world doesn’t need wrong answers in record time. –Cennydd Bowles In this industry, we’re continually surrounded by the words: Shipping and MVP (Minimum Viable Product). But thing is, the coined terms have been tainted. I remember when the MVP acronym really…

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Microsoft releases Office for Mac 2016 Preview with Retina graphics and cloud integration

Mar05
by on March 5, 2015 at 5:00 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider

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Microsoft’s Office team has been on a roll. In the few past months, it’s been busy creating the upcoming Office 2016 for Windows, as well as new universal apps for Windows 10 that work on mobile devices just as well as the desktop. It turns out Mac users, however, will be the first to see what the team has up its sleeve this year. Microsoft has just released a preview of Office 2016 for Mac, which includes updated versions of Word, Excel PowerPoint, OneNote and Outlook. All of these are now optimized for retina displays, support full-screen views and have…

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Haiku Deck’s new AI tool can automatically generate your next presentation

Mar05
by on March 5, 2015 at 4:02 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Insider, Product Launches

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Web presentation tool Haiku Deck has unveiled its secret master plan. The company, which also has iPhone and iPad apps, has built up a library of over three million slide decks since it launched three years ago. And it had a plan for them the whole time. The company is now using all that data it’s collected to power the artificial intelligence and machine learning behind its new tool – Haiku Deck Zuru – which can automatically generate new presentations. Haiku Deck CEO and co-founder Adam Tratt told TNW that the company has been planning the new tool since the very beginning:…

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Fitbit acquires FitStar’s personal training platform to give users a more complete look at their health

Mar05
by on March 5, 2015 at 3:29 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Insider

Fitbit today confirmed its rumored acquisition of FitStar’s fitness training and yoga platform for an undisclosed sum. The company said in a blog post that the purchase will allow FitStar members to gain deeper insight into their overall health by incorporating their personal workouts or yoga practice. Users will also soon be able to log into FitStar accounts with their existing Fitbit login. The move is a logical extension for Fitbit – with such a crowded fitness platform market, it makes sense that it would want to extend its software ambitions. And for consumers, a more complete picture of overall health…

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