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How to start your business while working a full-time job

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by on July 1, 2014 at 5:23 pm
Posted In: Analysis and Opinion, Around the Web, Entrepreneur, How-To's

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Jason SurfrApp is the founder of IWearYourShirt.com. His new book, Creativity For Sale, is an in-depth look at how to turn passion into profit. The American dream used to be getting a secure job, working from 9-5, and retiring. For most of us, especially people born in the 80s and 90s, this is the American nightmare. The idea of working for someone else makes many of us cringe, and if you’ve had a 9-5 job, you’ve probably felt the suffocating hold it can take on your life. Mondays are dreadful. Mundane meetings and conference calls seem never-ending. Having a corporate job can literally suck…

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Apple adds 9 more auto makers, including Audi, Chrysler and Dodge, to its CarPlay program

Jul01
by on July 1, 2014 at 4:45 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider

Apple on Tuesday updated the official partners list for its CarPlay in-vehicle entertainment system, adding nine major auto makers: Abarth, Alfa Romero, Audi, Chrysler, Dodge, Fiat, Jeep, Mazda and Ram, to the list. The new additions bring the total number of partners to 29. Ferrari, Honda, Hyunda, Mercedes Benz and Volvo have committed to releasing compatible models this year, while the other 24 are listed only as committed partners for “future models.” Audi, for instance, has said it will roll out its CarPlay integration in 2015. Apple officially announced CarPlay in March after previewing its iOS in the Car initiative…

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Apple adds 9 more auto makers, including Audi, Chrysler and Dodge, to its CarPlay program

Jul01
by on July 1, 2014 at 4:45 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider

Apple on Tuesday updated the official partners list for its CarPlay in-vehicle entertainment system, adding nine major auto makers: Abarth, Alfa Romero, Audi, Chrysler, Dodge, Fiat, Jeep, Mazda and Ram, to the list. The new additions bring the total number of partners to 29. Ferrari, Honda, Hyunda, Mercedes Benz and Volvo have committed to releasing compatible models this year, while the other 24 are listed only as committed partners for “future models.” Audi, for instance, has said it will roll out its CarPlay integration in 2015. Apple officially announced CarPlay in March after previewing its iOS in the Car initiative…

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Vine adds ‘loop counts’ to reveal how many times people have watched a video

Jul01
by on July 1, 2014 at 4:18 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Insider

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Vine is introducing a new ‘loop count’ feature to its website and Android/iOS apps today, revealing how many times a video has been looped. No word yet on whether it will be arriving for Windows Phone users. It’s an obvious feature to introduce for a service that has burgeoned in popularity over the past year, and apes other platforms such as YouTube which reveal at a glance how many times a particular skit has been viewed. The numbers update in real time too, which will give a good reflection of how many people are watching it concurrently. It’s also worth…

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Microsoft boosts Outlook.com email encryption and opens its first transparency center

Jul01
by on July 1, 2014 at 3:19 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider

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Microsoft has announced a trio of security-focused nuggets today. First up, Outlook.com is now cloaked in Transport Layer Security (TLS), cryptographic protocols used to safeguard data traveling between users – this works for both outbound and inbound messages. Matt Thomlinson, Vice President, Trustworthy Computing Security, at Microsoft says: “Over the past six months, we have been working across the industry to further protect and help ensure your mail remains protected. This includes working closely with several international providers throughout our implementation, including, Deutsche Telekom, Yandex and Mail.Ru to test and help ensure that mail stays encrypted in transit to and…

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