Link up Docs.com with your Facebook account and you can create a resume based on your profile and graphs from statistics about the friends you keep. More
Self-titled designtrepreneur Joe Gebbia has a pretty simple process for finding happiness in three steps. More
Mac OS X: If you’re in need of a simple way to monitor audio inputs on your Mac, Apple’s Developer Tools includes Audio Monitor to handle that specific task. More
We’re not quite sure what to make of this, as our first reaction is to label it a fan made render and move on. But it’s a very detailed render, so let’s hear this one out in between bites of freshly grilled burger (or whatever you do to celebrate Labor Day; we think more working is an appropriate course of action, but to each his or her own).
I’ve got to admit, the concept of “branded content” on the Web makes me cringe. It is generally used to refer to Web videos created and packaged specifically for an advertiser . Maybe I am old-fashioned, but I like my videos created for the audience first, not advertisers.
Imagine, if you will, a situation occurring where you’re hiking in Sweden, and have forgotten the necessary tools to start a fire. Suddenly an IKEA looms overhead, and while they don’t sell matches or lighters, an idea comes to you… More
Well, it looks like the mystery of Nokia’s Symbian^3 slider may soon be solved — Reuters is reporting that the company will introduce its new “flagship” E7 smartphone at its Nokia World event in London next week, and it says that the device will pack both a “large” touchscreen and a full QWERTY keyboard. That’s further backed up by the existence of an XML file on Nokia’s own site, which seemingly confirms that the E7 does indeed run Symbian^3, and that it boasts a 640 x 360 display along with that QWERTY keyboard. Not much more than that at the moment, but those previous leaks suggest that we’re basically looking at a slider version of the Nokia N8
Watching the battle of words, blog posts, term sheets and Tweets unfold over the last few weeks between VCs and Super Angels has been a little surreal. I’ve spent a career convincing editors that the internal workings of Venture Capital are more interesting than they sound, but even I can’t muster the passion to declare convertible debt AWESOME while equity TOTALLY SUCKS.
It’s been about a month since Twitter turned on its people recommendation engine , a set of algorithms that enables the service to automagically suggest people you don’t currently follow but may find interesting. Twitter has indicated that these suggestions are based on a variety of factors, including the people you already follow and the people they follow.
Solar farms are swell and all, but they aren’t exactly fit for laboratories or studio apartments. Thanks to new discoveries by gurus at the University of Birmingham, though, we could be on our way to a far more diminutive method of creating clean energy.