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‘Why I love to quit’

Jul21
by on July 21, 2014 at 7:46 pm
Posted In: Analysis and Opinion, Around the Web, LifeHacks

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Paul Jarvis experiments with words and design. His latest book is called The Good Creative: 18 ways to make better art. There’s the old adage “a quitter never wins and a winner never quits” that tells us to slog on when something’s not working, and tough things out until they do. (Nerdy fact: The quote comes from a self-help pundit named Napoleon Hill in his book Think and Grow Rich from 1937. For some reason, it’s typically and inaccurately attributed to Vince Lombardi, a football player and coach. Vince probably had a better marketing team.) I’m basically a serial quitter. I…

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How Facebook beat Wall Street with data and tripled its share price

Jul21
by on July 21, 2014 at 6:23 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Investigations, Social Media

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Maurice Coyle is the CEO and co-founder of HeyStaks, a search analytics startup that helps mobile operators monetize subscriber data usage and increases conversions for e-commerce stores. Facebook went public on May 18, 2012 in one of the most hotly anticipated tech company IPOs ever. The company priced its share at the upper end of its range at $38 and didn’t leave a cent on the table. Naturally, Facebook was cool about the whole thing, spending its time hacking the NASDAQ button (with Irish engineer Colm Doyle on the team) instead of getting haircuts and ironing their shirts before Wall Street got its first glimpse at…

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BBC Sport app gets Chromecast streaming just in time for the Commonwealth Games

Jul21
by on July 21, 2014 at 6:23 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Product Updates

Two days before the iconic Commonwealth Games kick off in Glasgow, the BBC Sport app now supports Chromecast streaming. If you own a HDMI-equipped display and one of Google’s tiny streaming dongles, you can now watch all of the BBC’s sport-related live and on-demand video content hassle-free. As always, just look for the Cast button inside the app and select the relevant dongle to start streaming to your TV. The updated iOS and Android apps are available now from their respective digital stores. Download the latest version, sit back and enjoy. Read Next: 32 of the best apps for Google’s Chromecast ➤ BBC…

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Canva’s one-stop design platform can now be used on third-party sites

Jul21
by on July 21, 2014 at 6:00 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Design & Dev, Product Updates

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Users seeking to make their marketing posts more beautiful or prettify their own website headers could now have an easier method, after Australia-based Canva launched a plugin to let users on third-party sites create graphics without having to leave their page. Canva launched in August last year as a design platform that let users create their own graphics via a simple drag and drop process of several elements, using a database of professional stock images, fonts and design layouts. Given that Canva is a one-stop design service, it is little wonder that sites which let users upload content are seeking to integrate it…

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Facebook introduces Save, a new bookmarking feature to help tame your News Feed

Jul21
by on July 21, 2014 at 5:00 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Insider

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It only happens when you’re in a hurry. You launch Facebook to quickly see what your friends are up to and see something you actually have an interest in exploring. Facebook is making it easier to save those posts with a new bookmarking feature. Today, Facebook introduced Save for Web and mobile. The new feature acts as a bookmark for items you find interesting such as links, places, movies, TV shows and music. The saved items can be accessed later for viewing on the Web or on your mobile device. Plus, you can share any items you’ve Saved with your…

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