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July 1, 2014
When The Lesson About Setting Boundaries Is Learned The Hard Way
Defy Venture's CEO Catherine Hoke was like a lot of startup founders--burning the candle at both ends. Here's what she wishes she knew then.
Catherine Hoke knows the importance of setting boundaries. But it wasn't always this way.
6 Scientifically Proven Ways To Boost Your Self-Control
While it makes sense that meditation would be linked to greater willpower, who'd have thought procrastination could also do the trick?
One of the key parts of our culture at Buffer is a focus on self-improvement. We each pick an area to improve on each week and share our daily progress and challenges, making it a social, supportive way to adjust, create or change our habits.
June 30, 2014
Does The Internet Need An Emoji-Only Social Network? No, But Who Cares?
Instead of whining about your rotten day on Facebook, show how you're feeling on Emoj.li with an adorable little pile of poo.
An emoji-only social network kind of makes sense. It's a little bit ridiculous to require people to communicate using a limited dictionary of images, but hear me out: People already use the Japanese animations to have full conversations, to illustrate plots to TV shows and movies, search Yelp, and to express things that words could never describe. So why wouldn't people want to share their emotions via emoji on a social network? That's the theory behind Emoji.li, a forthcoming app created by the London-based duo Matt Gray and Tom Scott.
Google Says Goodbye To Its First Social Network
Before there was Google Plus, Google Buzz, or Google Wave, there was Orkut.
Google is cleaning house again. The search giant said Monday it will shut down its 10-year-old social network Orkut on Sept. 30.
Finally, A Social Network That Won't Turn Us Into Addicts--But How Will It Thrive?
How a small team's social network passion project is trying to redefine web communities
This story contains an interview with Brian Bailey, founder of Uncommon.
GM Payouts To Victims Will Range From $20,000 To Millions
The families of those who died in a faulty GM car will be entitled to at least $1 million.
After recalling more than 20 million automobiles so far this year, General Motors said Monday it will offer compensation to victims ranging from $20,000 to millions of dollars.
Borrowing From Facebook, Twitter Rolls Out App-Install Ads Globally
App-install ads, which have performed tremendously well for Facebook, let users download third-party apps directly from Twitter's app.
It's not enough that Twitter modeled its new layout after Facebook. The company has also taken a major advertising cue from the world's most popular social network, announcing Monday it will roll out app-install ads, an ad unit that lets users download third-party apps directly from Twitter's mobile app.
Bitcoin Transactions Are Now Legal In California
Bill AB 129 reverses an outdated California law that permitted only the use of U.S. currency in commerce.
California governor Jerry Brown signed a bill Saturday legalizing the use of bitcoin and other digital currencies in the state.
How Solar-Paneled "Plug-And-Play Donkeys" Bring The Internet To Turkish Sheepherders
Information wants to be flea-free?
The Turkish government has made recent attempts to censor the Internet, but meanwhile some citizens are developing highly innovative ways of getting online. Consider the sheep and goat herders who are so desperate to keep up with technology that they have even started installing solar panels on the donkeys that accompany them on their long, semi-nomadic journeys out into the wilderness.
L.A. Schools To Give Students Laptops Instead Of iPads
The nation's second-largest school district is switching from tablets to laptops, which students may be more comfortable with.
Last year, the Los Angeles Unified School District pledged to give iPads to 640,000 students. The goal was to help alleviate the burden of having to trot around with a bag full of heavy textbooks, and to push up-to-date technology into the hands of students. In fact, iPad-only classrooms are making headway in countries with strong education systems like the Netherlands.
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