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January 16, 2014
Apple Alum Reimagines Storytelling On The iPad
Storehouse could become the way we tell and reach rich, visual stories on the iPad.
With Paper, we saw what could happen when smart design honed the iPad as a creative tool for drawing. And now with Storehouse, launching today (free), we're getting a first taste of what the iPad can do when the same care is given to rich storytelling.
One of the things we're trying to achieve with Storehouse is the feeling you get from physical paper.
Store Your Complete Medical History In This Handy iPad App
A user friendly iPad app wants to make your health history as simple to understand as the iPad itself.
I've never seen my medical records, save for a few stolen glances when I've peeked over my doctor's shoulder as he types my psychosomatic symptoms into his laptop. And if you're a fellow American who's been lucky enough to dodge disease or trauma, you're probably in the same boat as I am--your health history lives in files you've never actually seen.
January 15, 2014
What Not To Say In Your Kickstarter Campaign
New research finds that just a few words can make the difference between funding and failure.
Kickstarter generated $480 million in pledges in 2013, but that doesn't mean your project is guaranteed a piece of the cash flow.
Blackphone: A Smartphone That Puts Privacy First
A project by Geeksphone and Silent Circle will run a security-oriented Android build called PrivatOS.
With privacy in the forefront of consumers' minds, two companies announced Wednesday they will be teaming up to create "the world's first smartphone to put privacy and control ahead of everything else." The Blackphone, as it's called, will run off a security-oriented Android build called PrivatOS that's designed to give users more privacy and control.
Facebook's Teenage Exodus, In One Chart
A marketing firm found 3 million teenagers have left Facebook in three years.
When did Facebook stop being cool? Was it when the social network let in high schoolers? Or when moms and grandmas started saturating it? Regardless, the company has been worried about teenagers leaving the world's largest social network for hipper alternatives, such as Snapchat and Tumblr. On Wednesday, a marketing firm quantified this mass exodus, finding the number of teenagers have dropped by 3 million over three years.
Double Fine's Kickstarter-Funded Game "Broken Age" Finally Released To Early Backers
The game raised $3.3 million on Kickstarter almost two years ago.
Double Fine's long-awaited game Broken Age is finally here. Early backers, who raised $3.3 million on Kickstarter to fund its production, have been clamoring for the adventure game for close to two years. And as a reward for their patience, they received Act 1 of the game Tuesday ahead of the general release Jan. 28. Act 2 will be released later this year.
With YesGraph, Finding Tech Talent Is As Easy As Using Tinder
Fine, it may not end up in a steamy date. But YesGraph--which makes referring people you've worked with as easy as swiping right--promises to take the pain out of tech recruiting.
They go by different names. Some companies call them "searchlight meetings." Others call them "total recall sessions." Ivan Kirigin first got to know these meetings when he worked at Facebook a few years ago. A hiring manager would bring in Facebook employees, tell them they were looking to hire an engineer or designer, and would ask everyone present to write down the names and contact information for the best job candidates they could think of.
The Scotch Tape Roll Gets A Revamp
This cheap, simple solution will save millions of people a second or two worth of aggravation a year!
A Chinese design team has just fixed the single most annoying thing about tape: finding the invisible %&@!-ing edge when it gets lost on the roll.
Upstart Offers Venture Capital For Humans, Not Just The Companies They'll Start
The Eric Schmidt-backed service cofounded by an ex-Googler fosters investments in high achievers, who agree to repay investors with their future earnings. Sound like indentured servitude? It's not even the most controversial part of Upstart.
After college, Shanaz Chowdhery, 22, hoped to explore her intellectual passion. Like many a student before her, she didn't know if she could afford it. She'd graduated from Yale in 2013 with Bachelor's degree in sociology and had grown fascinated by the intersection of education and inequality. She hoped to teach for a few years before going on to law school. But she worried about starting adult life in a lower-income profession like teaching.
7 Of The Weirdest, Most Promising New Jobs In 2014
Cannabis capitalists, cryptocurrency traders, and drone safety experts are among the greatest, strangest new gigs around. Do any of them work for you?
For the first time in years, job growth projections aren't entirely dismal, and plenty of people are itching for a new gig. According to one survey, 20% of Americans are looking to change jobs in the next year. Economists are saying that there could be more full-time, high-quality opportunities out there, too. And while you could look for a job in sales or finance or engineering, there are more exciting options--weird new gigs that hardly existed six months ago but that, by this time next year, you won't stop hearing about. Here are seven of the most peculiarly promising new lines of work out there.
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