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How many megapixels does your camera really need?

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by on September 13, 2014 at 5:00 pm
Posted In: Analysis and Opinion, Around the Web

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Jo Plumridge is a British writer and photographer who specializes in design, travel and comedy pieces. As a photographer, she focuses on portraiture, and, if you’re asking, she will have a cup of tea — black, no sugar. This post was originally published on the Shutterstock blog and has been reprinted with permission. Technology moves fast, and with it, the increasingly relevant question: Can my smartphone replace my camera? The answer may lie in the megapixels. When I consider that my current iPhone has far more megapixels than my first DSLR did, it’s an easy illustration of the shifting parameters. But…

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Tripr for iPhone connects travelers who will be in the same place at the same time

Sep13
by on September 13, 2014 at 3:40 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider, Product Launches

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Traveling broadens the mind, opens up new avenues, teaches you new things and, ultimately, is good for the soul. But where you go is often partly dictated by friends, spouses, partners, and anyone else you’re like to go away with. While many do, of course, travel solo, meeting people isn’t always easy, and if you’re only going to be somewhere for a night or two, learning the local lingo for ‘table for 1′ might be a good idea. Tripr, however, is looking to solve this problem, as it’s setting out to “radically change the nature of youth travel,” the startup…

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Tripr for iPhone connects travelers who will be in the same place at the same time

Sep13
by on September 13, 2014 at 3:40 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider, Product Launches

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Traveling broadens the mind, opens up new avenues, teaches you new things and, ultimately, is good for the soul. But where you go is often partly dictated by friends, spouses, partners, and anyone else you’re like to go away with. While many do, of course, travel solo, meeting people isn’t always easy, and if you’re only going to be somewhere for a night or two, learning the local lingo for ‘table for 1′ might be a good idea. Tripr, however, is looking to solve this problem, as it’s setting out to “radically change the nature of youth travel,” the startup…

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WordPress preemptively resets 100,000 accounts as a precaution over recent Gmail password leaks

Sep13
by on September 13, 2014 at 2:20 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider

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Earlier this week, news emerged that up to 5 million Gmail usernames and passwords were published to a Russian Bitcoin forum, though Google said that it didn’t believe any of it was the result of a security breach at its end. Now, Automattic, which operates hosted blogging service WordPress.com, has revealed it has taken pre-emptive measures to secure thousands of its own accounts. While the company’s quick to point out that the Gmail security breach is in no way connected to WordPress itself, given that a slew of emails on the list matched email addresses used by WordPress.com bloggers, it…

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What it’s really like to work in social media

Sep13
by on September 13, 2014 at 2:00 pm
Posted In: Analysis and Opinion, Around the Web, Social Media, tunein

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Leah Pope is the VP of Global Marketing of Synthesio. I don’t have a PhD, I don’t work in a lab and I don’t work with chemicals. I work in social media, and to succeed in this market you must think like a scientist. Social media helps companies monitor and analyze what is being said about them to make decisions about customer service, marketing and business strategy. In today’s market, social media is no longer simply about Facebook ‘Likes’ and tweets; rather it is a key tool for a business, and has become a science for many brands to study and…

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