If corporations can be people, why can’t people be corporations? A stealth startup called Fantex aims to allow celebrities and professional athletes to file for initial public offerings (IPOs).The quoted text and screenshots in this article are from the Fantex app the company had launched in the iTunes app store on August 27,...
Thứ Bảy, 31 tháng 8, 2013
Because Walking Saves Lives, Mobilizer Inc. Is A Startup That's Aiming To Get Hospital Patients Moving
For sedentary medical patients, one of the easiest ways to reduce the time of hospital stays and decrease the risk of complications like blood clots and pressure ulcers is simply to get up and walk around. But with medical equipment like oxygen tanks or IV drips in tow, it can take nurses up to 20 minutes to prepare a patient for ambulation,...
NASA spots giant black hole rejecting food
Astronomers at the Chandra X-ray Observatory explain why the black hole at the heart of the Milky Way galaxy doesn’t consume everything in sight. [Read more] …read more NASA spots giant black hole rejecting f...
NSA spied on Al Jazeera internal communications, report says
The NSA was able to access and read the Arab news broadcaster’s communications with “notable success,” according to documents from former NSA contractor Edward Snowden seen by Der Spiegel. [Read more] …read more NSA spied on Al Jazeera internal communications, report s...
Apple ups its odds of gaining on Samsung in China
The company could gain ground against its archrival in the largest smartphone market in the world. [Read more] …read more Apple ups its odds of gaining on Samsung in Ch...
Test Your Printer with the Google Homepage
When you hook up a new printer, or just add new ink cartridges to one you already own, you probably want to print off a simple test page. Next time you need one, try the Google homepage.This tip is so simple, but it’s actually pretty brilliant. The Google logo is colorful enough to make sure your color ink is working properly, and the black...
CrunchWeek: iPhone Trade-Ins, The New New Foursquare, And Twitter's Blue Lines Problem
This weekend, summer is sadly coming to a close (in the Northern Hemisphere, at least.) But all is not lost! At least we still have CrunchWeek, the show that brings a few of us TechCrunch writers together to chat about the most interesting tech news stories from the past seven days. This time around, Leena Rao, Anthony Ha and I discussed...
Reward Summit Tells You Which Card to Use For Maximum Reward Points
iOS/Android/Chrome: You’ve got your Amazon credit card for Amazon purchases, your Southwest card for travel, and your Target card for general shopping. But which one earns the most reward points at grocery stores, or at the pump? Reward Summit helps you solve this all-too-common conundrum.Whenever you’re in the line at the store to pay or the check arrives at dinner, just open up the app, and select your location from an automatically-generated...
Assign Chores with an Arduino-Powered Roommate Management System
Asking roommates to do chores or pay their debts can get touchy and awkward, so creating a solid chore assignment and financial tracking system can save you from a silly passive aggressive fight. Instead of a boring white board though, you can make yours with an Arduino.Chris at Rushpro’s Own shared his design for such a system, and the video above should give you an idea of what it’s capable of. He posted all of the software...
Combine These Five Fruit Families to Make Great Juice
If you’re lucky enough to own a good juicer, and keep a well-stocked fridge, you’re missing out by only combining two or three fruits in your juices. For the best results, you want to mix a bunch of fruits with different properties.Carolyn Cope at Serious Eats explains her theory:I’ve found that a really good juice contains the following:...
Leaked documents detail broad reach of US cyberoperations
US spy agencies carried out 231 offensive cyberattacks in 2011, primarily targeted at Iran, Russia, North Korea, and China, The Washington Post reports. [Read more] …read more Leaked documents detail broad reach of US cyberoperati...
Foil Crooks By Writing a Fake Pin Number on Your Debit Card
Once you’ve ensured that you aren’t using an obvious pin number on your debit card, one step for extra security could be to write a fake pin number on the card.Should the card ever get stolen, the criminal will probably try to use the pin number written on the card to withdraw your money. The secret is to write it in such a way that it’s...
How Amazon Is Tackling Personalization And Curation For Sellers On Its Marketplace
When it comes to personalization, Amazon has been one of the pioneers in mining and using data to create a more curated e-commerce experience for consumers. But by now, nearly all e-commerce companies and marketplaces have caught on and are using more personalized recommendations to enhance the user experience when shopping and browsing.Amazon...
Americans hurt by server outages: We need to shop! We need to Facebook!
A survey shows that people are becoming more aware of servers going down. It’s truly cramping their lifestyle. [Read more] …read more Americans hurt by server outages: We need to shop! We need to Facebo...
Hot Wheels car races down world's highest wall track
A toy Hot Wheels car takes a huge plunge down the side of an apartment building on what may be the world’s highest wall track. [Read more] …read more Hot Wheels car races down world's highest wall tr...
Coinchat Is A Chatroom Where Talking Sense Earns You Bitcoin
Coinchat is a Bitcoin-incentivised browser-based chatroom where you can shoot the breeze with strangers online and earn Bitcoin in the process. Where’s the catch? Well, there isn’t really one. The Bitcoin you’re earning through chatting with other users comes from the site’s own revenue generation — funded by ads and also a transfer fee it...
Top 10 Tricks to Get Discounts on Almost Anything
You know that victorious feeling you get when you pay for something with a coupon? Here are 10 ways to get that feeling on just about everything you buy.10. Automate Your Coupons Let’s start with the obvious: there are already a lot of coupons and deals floating out in the world, and thanks to the internet, you don’t need to wait for them...
Does it go to '11,' and other myths about volume
The Audiophiliac muses about why gearheads fixate on wattage and power. [Read more] …read more Does it go to '11,' and other myths about vol...
Turn an Old Film Canister Into a Compact Flashlight
If you have any old film canisters lying around in your attic, you can give them new life by turning them into flashlights.The electronics in this build are nothing surprising, but it’s a very tidy implementation. You just wire up a battery to an LED bulb through a switch, mount the switch to the side of the canister, and poke the light out...
How Facebook is banishing roommate horror stories from the dorm
Ah, the dreaded college roommate. Or the perfect roommate. It’s all less of a guessing game, thanks to — you guessed it — Facebook. [Read more] …read more How Facebook is banishing roommate horror stories from the d...
Google Confirms It Has Acquired Android Smartwatch Maker WIMM Labs
Google has confirmed it acquired WIMM Labs last year, a company that previously made an Android-powered smartwatch before shuttering operations in 2012. At the time a message on its website said it had entered into an exclusive partnership without releasing further details, but it’s now clear that partner was Google,...
Classics corner: An introduction
Major Gav is a man of particular tastes. He’s got a question for you: “Modern cars are rubbish, right?” [Read more] …read more Classics corner: An introduct...
Smartphones: When is 'big' too big? (Smartphones Unlocked)
This year, both the size of smartphone screens –and demand for them — will continue to balloon. But at some point, they’ll pop. [Read more] …read more Smartphones: When is 'big' too big? (Smartphones Unlock...
Thứ Sáu, 30 tháng 8, 2013
2013-09-16 | Raphael Ricardo – YouTube Cash System
Standard LaunchVendor:Raphael RicardoProduct:YouTube Cash SystemLaunch Date:2013-09-16Launch Time:09:30 EDTFront-End Price:$27Commission:60%JV Page:http://youtubecashsystem.com/jvAffiliate Network:Clickbank Niche:SEO & Traffic YouTube cash system is a new program that aims to help entrepreneurs online or offline, beginners to...
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2013-09-01 | Pam Renovato – Tumblr Titan
Standard LaunchVendor:Pam RenovatoProduct:Tumblr TitanLaunch Date:2013-09-01Launch Time:12:00 EDTFront-End Price:$7Commission:100%JV Page:http://ink-splatz.com/tumblr-titan-jv/Affiliate Network:JVZoo Niche:Social Media tumblr titan is an 8 module course that includes 8 videos and a PDF action plan for mastering the marketing power...
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Crave Ep. 135: MySpace all over again: Facebook gets GIFs
You’ll be shocked (literally shocked) to realize how much time you spend on Facebook. Plus, a couch that can balance on one leg, and the worst celebrity-branded tech products ever. [Read more] …read more Crave Ep. 135: MySpace all over again: Facebook gets G...
Former Waywire CEO Nate Richardson Joins AOL As President Of AOL Live
A few weeks ago we reported that Nate Richardson, the CEO and co-founder of Waywire, would be leaving the company as it makes a strategic shift from content creation to content curation. Well now we know where he’s landed: Richardson has joined our parent company AOL* as the President of AOL Live, TechCrunch has learned.Richardson was one...
CoreText bug may crash OS X and iOS apps
A flaw in Apple’s text-handling routines may cause a number of OS X and iOS programs and services to crash and could be used for potential nefarious purposes. [Read more] …read more CoreText bug may crash OS X and iOS a...
Options for checking free hard-drive space in OS X
Running low on disk space can greatly slow down your computer. Here are several ways to look this up on your system. [Read more] …read more Options for checking free hard-drive space in OS...
Following Mobile Test, Facebook Tries Out A ‘Trending' Section On Its Desktop News Feed
Back in June, Facebook said it would be rolling out a number of features for following public conversations, and it looks like it’s holding true to that promise.Specifically, the company is testing a section highlighting “Trending” topics that appears alongside its desktop newsfeed. The Wall Street Journal first reported on the test, and...
What's the best place to buy a mattress?
Great discussions are par for the course here on Lifehacker. Each day, we highlight a discussion that is particularly helpful or insightful, along with other great discussions and reader questions you may have missed. Check out these discussions and add your own thoughts to make them even more wonderful!Discussion of the DayWhat’s the best...
Ask A VC: Bessemer Venture Partners' Ethan Kurzweil On The Evolution Of Developer Platforms And More
In this week’s episode of Ask A VC, Bessemer Venture Partners’ Ethan Kurzweil joined us in the studio.Kurzweil, who leads Bessemer’s roadmap on developer platforms and has led investments in Twilio and SendGrid, talked about the biggest changes he’s seen in developer platforms. One observation he made was that companies are tapping to separate developer platform for different functions. So startups are looking to Stripe for payments,...
Concussion bot to debut at Northern Arizona football game
Mayo Clinic researchers are gearing up to test their new teleconcussion robot on the sidelines of tonight’s Northern Arizona University football game. [Read more] …read more Concussion bot to debut at Northern Arizona football g...
As Ballmer Exits, Microsoft Inks Deal With ValueAct That May Lead To Board Seat
Today Microsoft announced that it has reached a “cooperation agreement” with ValueAct Capital, an investment company that had been a thorn in its side. It was said that ValueAct wanted a seat on Microsoft’s board.Instead, Microsoft and ValueAct have come to a different agreement, in which the president of ValueAct – Mason Morfit – and Microsoft...
This Week's Most Popular Posts: August 23rd to 30th
This week we hacked our tiny apartment, settled the iTunes flame war, dominated our fantasy football draft, and learned what happens to our brains when we meditate. Here’s a look back.Eight Ways I Hacked My Tiny Apartment to Fit All My StuffDecluttering is an unending art form. Sometimes, the solution is to get rid of things you don’t need,...
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