Posts Tagged ‘ person ’

How Entrepreneurs Can Increase Productivity by 500%

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How Entrepreneurs Can Increase Productivity by 500%

Editor’s note :  James Altucher  is an investor, programmer, author, and entrepreneur. He is Managing Director of Formula Capital and has written 6 books on investing. His latest book is  I Was Blind But Now I See . You can follow him @jaltucher . When I got separated from my ex-wife in November,...

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‘Twine’ Foreshadows A Future Where All Objects Talk To The Internet

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‘Twine’ Foreshadows A Future Where All Objects Talk To The Internet

Want to be notified to turn on the AC when a room reaches a certain temperature? Or when your laundry’s done? Well MIT Media Lab alumni Supermechanical have built Twine , a sleek 2.5″ rubber square which connects to Wifi and allows objects to “communicate” under certain conditions. The Twine, which reminds me...

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Startup Claims It Can Sell Your Used MP3s Legally

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Startup Claims It Can Sell Your Used MP3s Legally

While not quite a truism, it's pretty widely accepted that a music startup is a bad idea . The record industry is at best unsupportive and at worst litigious when it comes to digital music sales and sharing and when it comes to welcoming (or crushing or suing) new companies and technologies. So...

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Encourage Your Crush To Break Up With Creepy Facebook App

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Encourage Your Crush To Break Up With Creepy Facebook App

For three days this week, victims of unrequited love were able to effortlessly track their crushes’ Facebook relationship statuses using the Breakup Notifier Facebook app that launched Monday. On Wednesday, however, the social network shut down the app — but not before it had acquired about 3 million users. Now Facebook app WaitingRoom...

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Google Person Finder Helps Victims of New Zealand Earthquake Reconnect With Missing Loved Ones

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Google Person Finder Helps Victims of New Zealand Earthquake Reconnect With Missing Loved Ones

Google has launched a Person Finder page in order to help victims of a powerful earthquake that hit Christchurch, New Zealand, on Tuesday reconnect with missing friends and families. The website allows users to search a user-created database using a missing person’s name. If no match is found in the existing database, they...

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