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Product Hunt is leveling the playing field to help good apps and startups get attention

Jun05
by on June 5, 2014 at 4:30 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider, product hunt

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If you’re interested in the technology scene or startups at all, you’re probably already part of the Hacker News community as well as Reddit and many other networks for following along the movers and shakers in the industry. A new entrant, Product Hunt, is rapidly gaining traction online as it grows its community of entrepreneurs and its members share and discuss interesting apps and services. Product Hunt is essentially a mashup of Reddit, Hacker News and a startup-focused newsletter. The service helps surface discussions about startups in the industry among notable industry investors, entrepreneurs, journalists and more. We talked with Ryan Hoover (pictured right), who is…

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Google announces Project Tango Tablet Development Kit, coming with Nvidia’s Tegra K1 for $1,024 this month

Jun05
by on June 5, 2014 at 4:21 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Design & Dev, Google, Mobile

Google today announced the Project Tango Tablet Development Kit for developers who want to build apps that can track full 3D motion and capture surfaces in the surrounding environment. If that tickles your fancy, you can “express interest” on the Project Tango website. Developers selected by Google will be whitelisted to purchase the device for $1,024 from Google Play in “late-June.” If you’re attending Google I/O, the company promises you’ll be among the first able to purchase the Project Tango Tablet Development Kit. Google says it created the kit “in close collaboration with Nvidia.” That’s why it includes the new…

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15 productivity tips for a startup parent

Jun05
by on June 5, 2014 at 3:56 pm
Posted In: Analysis and Opinion, Around the Web, Entrepreneur, LifeHacks

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Sahil Parikh is the founder of Brightpod, a Web-based project management software for marketing teams. I have a three-year-daughter and a productivity startup. Both demand my time during the day and it’s only fair that I set aside time to nurture both my babies. Spending time with my family is as important to me as building my startup. Don’t believe me? Ask yourself this question: “Would you think of your business or your family when you are dying?” All work and no play is just not my thing. Here are some of my productivity hacks that I use to get my…

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15 productivity tips for a startup parent

Jun05
by on June 5, 2014 at 3:56 pm
Posted In: Analysis and Opinion, Around the Web, Entrepreneur, LifeHacks

dad son parent
Sahil Parikh is the founder of Brightpod, a Web-based project management software for marketing teams. I have a three-year-daughter and a productivity startup. Both demand my time during the day and it’s only fair that I set aside time to nurture both my babies. Spending time with my family is as important to me as building my startup. Don’t believe me? Ask yourself this question: “Would you think of your business or your family when you are dying?” All work and no play is just not my thing. Here are some of my productivity hacks that I use to get my…

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The Guardian adopts Aaron Swartz’s WikiLeaks-style SecureDrop system for whistleblowers

Jun05
by on June 5, 2014 at 3:13 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider

One year after NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden first gave the Guardian newspaper a series of surveillance scoops, the UK-based publication has announced it’s opening a new conduit to help would-be whistleblowers share files online. The SecureDrop platform promises that sources can submit documents and data entirely anonymously, sidestepping the “most common forms of online tracking,” using the Tor network and the Tails operating system. The Guardian’s SecureDrop The open-source platform was developed initially by activist Aaron Swartz who committed suicide in 2013. The platform was completed posthumously, and it’s now maintained by the not-for-profit Freedom of the Press Foundation. Though…

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