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Hoverboards, SmartFrames, and other cool Kickstarter projects

Nov22
by on November 22, 2014 at 2:30 pm
Posted In: Analysis and Opinion, Around the Web

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Daniel Broderick is a freelance writer who focuses on art, entertainment, and finance. This post was originally published on the Shutterstock blog and has been reprinted with permission. Lots of people love Kickstarter. But creativity knows no bounds on the world’s favorite crowdfunding platform. From the hoverboard of childhood daydreams to a frame that stores your favorite videos and pictures, here are six more ideas with that wow factor, all of which you can donate to right now. Hendo Hoverboards If you were of a certain age when Back to the Future II came out in 1989, you probably marveled at Marty…

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Launching your spaceship: The essentials of a product launch processes

Nov22
by on November 22, 2014 at 2:00 pm
Posted In: Analysis and Opinion, Around the Web, Design & Dev, How-To's, Insider

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Chris Bank is the Growth Lead at UXPin, the UX Design App. He recently co-authored the Guide to UX Design & Process Documentation. Launching a great product can be like sending a rocket into outer space. It requires tons of research, hard work, passion, and plenty of worrying. Finally you launch, and as you watch it disappearing through the clouds, it finally hits you that it’s completely out of your hands. Now, larger questions loom on the horizon: When do I prepare marketing materials? How do we best train our sales reps? How can we support customers? For some successful companies, product…

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Get 24% off the Soundfreaq Pocket Kick speaker

Nov22
by on November 22, 2014 at 1:00 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Gadgets, Offers

Looking for a quality portable speaker that’s easy to carry? Soundfreaq’s Pocket Kick is about as big as your phone, pairs wirelessly via Bluetooth and packs a real punch when blasting all your favorite tunes. How good does it sound? This iLounge Best Of Year Award winning speaker features custom-engineered drivers and a passive radiator that are specially tuned to produce pristine audio from within the Pocket Kick’s compact form factor. Plus, its built-in mic lets you take calls without reaching for your phone, and the 10-hour battery life ensures that the party goes on all night long. Get the…

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Get 24% off the Soundfreaq Pocket Kick speaker

Nov22
by on November 22, 2014 at 1:00 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Gadgets, Offers

Looking for a quality portable speaker that’s easy to carry? Soundfreaq’s Pocket Kick is about as big as your phone, pairs wirelessly via Bluetooth and packs a real punch when blasting all your favorite tunes. How good does it sound? This iLounge Best Of Year Award winning speaker features custom-engineered drivers and a passive radiator that are specially tuned to produce pristine audio from within the Pocket Kick’s compact form factor. Plus, its built-in mic lets you take calls without reaching for your phone, and the 10-hour battery life ensures that the party goes on all night long. Get the…

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