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Telegram ups its security, allows iOS and Android users to delete individual chat messages

Mar21
by on March 21, 2014 at 8:53 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Product Updates

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Almost a month ago, messaging service Telegram exploded in popularity, climbing to the top of the App Store in nearly 50 countries worldwide. WhatsApp’s temporary outage and security concerns were the perfect backdrop for Telegram to promote its privacy-focused apps. Today, Telegram updated its mobile apps with a couple of new features; one you would expect from prolific messaging services such as LINE, WhatsApp and KakaoTalk, and one you probably wouldn’t. The former is voice notes, which gives its ballooning user base the ability to send audio recordings to one another. It’s depicted with a microphone to the right of…

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Your startup might be your baby, but your employees aren’t

Mar21
by on March 21, 2014 at 8:00 pm
Posted In: Analysis and Opinion, Around the Web, Entrepreneur

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This post originally appeared on the 15five blog and has been republished with permission. Running a company can often feel like caring for a newborn child. There is a natural and healthy fear that arises that if you are not eternally vigilant then something bad will happen. With a baby, this is called good parenting. With a company, this is called micromanagement and it is universally resented by all employees. Your company may feel like your baby, but the professionals that you hire to implement your vision are competent, skilled adults who do not desire to be treated that way….

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Stream Web for iOS is a social, gesture-based app for browsing the Internet

Mar21
by on March 21, 2014 at 6:55 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Product Launches

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Most mobile browsers are shrunken versions of their desktop counterparts. You type in a site with the traditional ad bar at the top of the screen and either go back or switch between tabs by tapping tiny icons. It works, but it rarely feels like an experience built from the group up for smartphones and tablets. MAZ, known for its digital publishing platform that shares the same name, recently launched an app called Stream Web to tackle the problem. It’s a mobile browser that places considerable emphasis on gesture-based controls and a unique screenshot sharing mechanism. How it works Whenever…

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How over-reliance on LinkedIn can lead to hiring pitfalls

Mar21
by on March 21, 2014 at 6:29 pm
Posted In: Analysis and Opinion, Around the Web, Entrepreneur

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Jeff Zwelling is co-founder and CEO of Convertro, which provides marketers and agencies with cross-channel analytics, insights and recommendations to monitor and optimize marketing strategies.  There’s an unfortunate trend developing in the professional world, and it’s all a result of our need for talent. Have you ever seen a cartoon where someone is desperately hungry, and everyone he sees just looks like a walking piece of pizza or an ice cream cone? Well, imagine that phenomenon in the workplace, except the thing everyone is desperate for is a qualified candidate, and what they see walking around are giant, upright resumes. Employers…

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This Flappy Bird-esqe game for iPhone connects with Fitbit to get easier the more steps you take

Mar21
by on March 21, 2014 at 5:48 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Insider

When Flappy Bird was pulled from the App Store last month, a slew of imitations remained in-tact, and many more flappy/flippy/crappy clones cropped up. Tappy Fit, on the other hand, is taking the concept in a whole new direction. A quick peek at its App Store category, reveals it’s aiming at the Health & Fitness fraternity. While it’s merely an ‘experiment’ at the moment, Tappy Fit hooks up with your Fitbit to make gameplay easier the more steps you take.     If you take no steps, the gap between the pipes remain narrow. But the pipes get gradually wider apart…

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