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Meporter Citizen Journalism and Hyperlocal News Reporting

Meporter Citizen Journalism and Hyperlocal News Reporting
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Zoosk Online Dating Site - Dating Apps Koini - A Safe Kids Browser and Facebook For Kids One of the hardest things for kids these days is the lack of access to a social network of their very own - like a Facebook for kids. The world is fast becoming centered upon the idea of social networking for business, work and fun. However, for kids the concept of interacting with other people online is one that makes most responsible parents very nervous. The danger of most social networks is the idea that a perfect stranger from anywhere in the world can send you a message. For adults, this isn't quite as dangerous because experience helps adults separate the good from the bad. One website that comes to the rescue is Koini. Koini Parent Sign-Up If you want to give the Koini browser a try, it's very easy. The verification process is a critical part of the safety at this site, because every member must go through the same process. The Koini Browser Shutting Down IM Systems Koini Categories Adding Websites The Koini Club Facebook for Kids Reporting Abuse Monitoring Your Child's Activities

The Smoffice: The World's Smallest Office Badoo - Meet New People, Chat, Socialize Resumes Are Bullshit. HireArt Is Better. HireArt, a newly launched Y Combinator-backed company, is working to solve a major problem that all employers face today: resumes are bullshit. Job candidates often like to fluff up their experience, and sometimes they even outright lie about their abilities. Other times, potentially great employees are overlooked because they have unorthodox backgrounds that don’t match up with what an employer thinks they need in terms of experience. Sometimes these kinds of things are realized during the in-person interview. Unfortunately for many employers, they often don’t discover how much a particular candidate may have oversold themselves until they’ve been hired and can’t perform to expectations. With its new applicant screening system, HireArt thinks it may have a solution: have the employees actually do the work first. Here’s HireArt’s pitch in a nutshell: “You really can’t bullshit anymore.” That’s per co-founder Elli Sharef, in explaining why the traditional resume system is broken.

Highlight Kiip, a new model. Real rewards for virtual achievements Mobli - See the world through other peoples eyes Kinobi Will Use Kinect To Teach You Yoga, Dancing Or Maybe Even Surgery YouTube makes it easy to find instructional videos on practically any topic. There are 18,600,000 search results for “how to” on the site at the moment. Obviously not all of them are relevant, but that’s a staggering number. Kinobi wants to solve this problem by using the Microsoft Kinect device to monitor your activity and give you real-time feedback. Kinobi will sell a selection of instructional videos, filmed in 3D, delivered through a web application. The company was founded by Chapman Snowdan, who started the project while he was a fellow at 4.0 Schools. “When I was a kid, I tried everything,” Chapman says. After the 4.0 Schools fellowship Kinobi joined the Launch Pad Ignition incubator in New Orleans in March 2012. Currently Kinobi only works with major muscle movements, but Chapman’s vision is to eventually be able to capture fine motor movements so that it could be used to teach many professional skills, up to and including surgery. Q: couldn’t you still have a live instructor?

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