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August 21, 2014
It Would Cost Each User $232 A Year For An Ad-Free Internet, Study Finds
An advertising company you probably haven't heard of crunched the numbers.
We all know that ads are the lifeblood of the Internet. Annoying? Sure. You'd be hard-pressed, though, to find anyone who didn't understand that they were a necessary evil.
"Don't Skimp on Coffee": A CTO's Plea
Unsure of whether to take the job? Try checking the office coffee situation.
I'm hooked on coffee. So is my career.
Turning Waste Coffee Grounds Into A Different Kind Of Fuel: Powering Your Car
How your caffeine fix could also power your commute--if a startup called Bio-bean has its way.
When people talk about waste at a coffee shop, they tend to fixate on the massive pile of disposable cups that ends up in landfills. But the average coffee shop also throws out around 22 pounds of coffee grounds a day; in a city like London, that adds up to around 200,000 tons a year. Now, a new startup plans to start turning that waste into fuel for cars and energy to heat local homes.
3-D Printers, Bah! Why Designers Should Build Prototypes By Hand
Four reasons why you should skip the pricey 3-D printer and stick to the foam core.
"Does your design studio have a 3-D printer in the office?"
August 20, 2014
Please Don't Put Your Phone Away During The Movie
Movie theaters in China experiment with showing audience texts onscreen.
Movie theaters may be one of the last remaining public spaces where cell phone use is frowned upon … until now. Some cinemas in China have been equipping their theaters with "bullet screens" that display text messages, allowing audience members to comment on the film in real time.
Uber's Plans For Global Domination, Revealed Through Job Listings
Uber's long list of job openings show the company has designs on huge markets from India to New Zealand.
Uber's world domination plans are well under way, if you read between the lines of its massive list of available jobs. Positions listed include "Asia Expansion" in the "Expansion" department, and dozens of community managers in cities all over the world, from Ahmedabad, India, to Auckland, New Zealand. World: Uber is coming for you.
You Can Now Create Vines By Importing Existing Videos
Twitter's six-second video app also introduced new editing and shooting tools.
Vine will now let users import existing videos to create six-second clips.
Dream Job Alert: Chocolate Scientist
Be the the hero of chocoholics everywhere by figuring out how to keep chocolate from melting.
If you've ever unknowingly dropped some chocolate on your lap, you can sympathize. The sad truth is that the instant chocolate touches your hands--or face or clothes or any other extension of yourself--it begins to melt, quickly. And while melting in your mouth is a great feature of eating chocolate, it makes shipping and stocking it harder.
A Look Inside The Cottage Industry Of GIFs
Developers are turning to GIFs, one of the Internet's oldest resources, hoping to turn a profit.
This article contains interviews with developers Drew Dahlman and Joseph Mueller.
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