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Should your hobby be your job?

May12
by on May 12, 2014 at 6:05 pm
Posted In: Analysis and Opinion, Around the Web, Entrepreneur, LifeHacks

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Ilya Pozin is the founder of Open Me and Ciplex. Conventional wisdom says you should make your passion into your career so you’ll never work a day in your life. But what happens to your hobbies when they suddenly become your 9-5? Can you keep the fire burning for your passion when it becomes your bread and butter? Embracing your passion and turning your hobby into a career might sound great, especially if you’re burnt out in your current profession. In fact, the Deloitte Shift Index survey found 80 percent of employees are dissatisfied with their jobs. This is backed up by the…

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Canalys: Android on 81% of smartphones shipped in Q1 2014, 16% iOS, 3% Windows Phone; 34% had 5″-plus displays

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by on May 12, 2014 at 5:55 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Google, Insider, Mobile

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279.4 million smartphones shipped in Q1 2014, representing growth of 29 percent compared to Q1 2013. 81 percent of these devices were running Android, with iOS and Windows Phone accounting for 16 percent and 3 percent respectively. The latest figures come from Canalys, an independent analyst firm which noted that more than a third of these devices had 5-inch displays or larger. Here’s the picture the company painted: Smartphones with 5″ and larger screens grew 369 percent, substantially faster than the overall market. The segment was largely dominated by Samsung, but other vendors, such as Lenovo, Huawei, LG, and Sony,…

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MyLaddr is a Facebook-tied iOS app for turning your real-life social activity into a competition

May12
by on May 12, 2014 at 5:44 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Insider, Product Launches

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If you’re looking for a way to turn your everyday social updates into something a little more fun, MyLaddr could be the app you’ve been waiting for. Launched this month, the iOS app allows you to accumulate points for your social activity and creates a leaderboard between you and your friends. It tracks all sorts of things, from a quiet drink after work, to paintballing, to a weekend away in Vegas. The idea is that MyLaddr and the element of competition motivates you to go out into the real world and do things with your real friends. As such, when adding events to your profile (you…

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Twitter introduces mute feature on Android, iPhone, and the Web

May12
by on May 12, 2014 at 5:26 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Social Media

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Twitter today introduced a mute feature on its Android and iPhone apps, as well as Twitter.com. As its name implies, the new option lets you silence other users on the service. If you want to mute someone from their profile page on Android, iOS, or Web, simply tap the gear icon on the page and choose “mute @username.” To do the same directly from a tweet, tap “more” and then “mute @username.” These options may take a while to show up, as they’re rolling out gradually, but you should see them soon enough. As Twitter explains it, mute gives you…

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Twitter introduces mute feature on Android, iPhone, and the Web

May12
by on May 12, 2014 at 5:26 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Social Media

Twitter today introduced a mute feature on its Android and iPhone apps, as well as Twitter.com. As its name implies, the new option lets you silence other users on the service. As Twitter explains it, mute gives you more control over the content you see on the service by letting you remove some of it. More specifically, you can mute users you’d like to hear from less: their tweets and retweets will no longer be visible in your home timeline, and you will no longer receive push or SMS notifications from them. More to follow.

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