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How CloudFlare Aims to Save the Future of the Internet, With an Amazon-Style Technology Roll Out, for Free
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The Incredible Engagement Feedback Loops of Startup Loving TV Host Shira Lazar
You could say that Shira Lazar lives by the sword and dies by the sword, but these days media mavens like Lazar can create safety nets by engaging internet audiences with the same tools that sometimes get them in trouble.The Incredible Story of Scott Kveton: Linux, Firefox, Bacon & iPhones
Geekdom may be a land of big personalities, but some peoples' stories are better known than others.
PowerOne: This iPhone App Builds iPhone Apps
Elia Freedman used to have it made. He was a mobile app developer in the days of the Palm Pilot and he scored bundling deals that got his sophisticated calculator software into the hands of more than 15 million people.
Google Hires Social Software Researcher Brynn Evans
Former PARC visiting social software researcher and startup trobairitz Brynn Evans announced today that she has joined the social product group of the UX design team at Google.
The Women Who Made Google Plus: 22 Developers Behind the World's Fastest Growing Social Network
Today is Ada Lovelace Day, a day dedicated to celebrating the world's first computer programmer and to share inspiring stories about women working in science, technology and math.
Fancy Hands: Virtual Assistants, Aardvark Style
"It's not about the value of the task, it's about the value of me not having to do it, or even think about it anymore."
I still use Fancyhands, though I feel like I should ask the service to take the time to think up uses of itself for me. I talk it up a lot as it's really saved my bacon. Ted Roden has become a person I talk to several times a year and I really enjoy his company. I interview him whenever I can about real time technology, crowd sourced labor and research hacks. by Oct 16
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Techmeme's New Editor: An Interview with Megan McCarthy
Megan McCarthy did a great job running Techmeme, then media watchdog site Mediagazer. Now she's at the New York Observer, but her work curating breaking news will forever be a happy memory of mine. I love Mediagazer so much. by Oct 16
Facebook's Mysterious Hire: The Guy Who Designed Much of the iPhone
Facebook announced today that it has acquired a startup called Push Pop Press and most of the media coverage of the news has focused on Push Pop's dazzling e-book technology for clients including Al Gore. There's been some mention that one of Push Pop's co-founders, Mike Matas, was a former Apple designer.Personalized news recommendations on the go - that's the dream of many an online news nerd and the startups that would serve them.
My6Sense & The Geek Who Rode His Blog to the Edge of the World
Microsoft Makes Key Hire in Researcher Danah Boyd
Microsoft Research has hired social network researcher danah boyd , probably the most high profile academic in the world focused on the emerging web and its social consequences.The man believed to have been imprisoned longer than anyone else in the world for the contents of a blog, Egyptian Abdul Kareem Nabeel Suleiman, has been released after four years and 10 days of detention, his supporters have announced on their blog .
History's Longest Imprisoned Blogger, Kareem Amer, is Free
Chris Messina grew up in New Hampshire, the Live Free or Die state.
How Chris Messina Got a Job at Google
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