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St. Patrick’s Day 2014 app toolkit: A drinker’s guide to getting your green on

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by on March 14, 2014 at 5:06 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Insider, Roundups

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Hold on to your livers, this weekend brings yet another year of St. Patrick’s Day festivities (the actual day falls on Monday, March 17 this year). Whether you’re planning to indulge with newfound bar peers or in the comfort of your own apartment, here are all the apps you’ll need for a successful and safe night(s) ahead. If you’re hitting the bars Yelp & Foursquare Chances are, if you’re not at an Irish bar by 3 in the afternoon, that place will already be jam-packed by happy hour. If your favorite watering hole is at capacity, your first options are to…

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Apple understands the difference between a pocket watch and a wrist watch

Mar14
by on March 14, 2014 at 4:35 pm
Posted In: Around the Web

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Once upon a time (around the 17th century), gentlemen wore pocket watches. Stylish, rounded, and no sharp corners. It showed the time, sometimes even the date, and that was all there was to it. It wasn’t until much later that men started wearing “arm watches.” The switch came at the end of the 19th century when men in the military started strapping their pocket watches to leather straps around their arms. Military strategists started synchronizing troop movements so it became convenient for officers to be able to tell the time. Early wrist watch by Waltham, worn by soldiers in World…

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LinkedIn merges SlideShare and Pulse’s Terms of Service into its own, makes changes effective on March 26

Mar14
by on March 14, 2014 at 4:21 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider, Social Media

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LinkedIn today announced changes to its Terms of Service, which includes its User Agreement and Privacy Policy, that will go into effect on March 26. The company also says it will integrate the existing Terms of Service for both SlideShare and Pulse into LinkedIn’s, so members only have one set of terms to agree to when interacting with its properties. Other changes to the Terms of Service include: Member data: In Section 2.14, LinkedIn clarifies it will take steps to let members know about demands for their data unless it is legally prohibited from doing so, or the request is…

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Why we’ve truncated posts in our RSS feed

Mar14
by on March 14, 2014 at 4:13 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Voice

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If you’re the average TNW reader, you probably haven’t noticed, but earlier this week we started limiting the length of posts in our RSS feed to 150 words. I say “if you’re the average TNW reader” because the popularity of RSS has declined over the years. Most people find our articles through social media, search and coming to our site directly. So, the number of people who will be affected by this is likely to be relatively small, but if you read us via RSS you certainly deserve an explanation. As a publisher we have to continually review how we offer our…

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The digital doorstep: 4 keys to establishing an effective personal brand presence

Mar14
by on March 14, 2014 at 3:44 pm
Posted In: Analysis and Opinion, Around the Web

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Dana Leavy-Detrick is the chief creative scribe at Brooklyn Resume Studio. This post was originally published on the Shutterstock blog and has been republished with permission. Job seekers, freelancers, and entrepreneurs share a common need: having a well-defined digital presence that markets their unique value to the right audience. A solid brand presence should be built around a message that answers the question: “What do I want potential employers/clients to know about me, as a professional in my field?” Whether you’re actively job searching, changing careers, building your freelance client base, or simply looking to expand and maintain your network, cultivating a…

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