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08 May 2012

TechCrunch | Putting Plans to Work: Best Practices for Hackathon Demo Days

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For anyone who enjoys (or has a knack for) planning, organizing a hackathon is not terribly difficult: it’s a matter of understanding your goals, assessing needs, and figuring out how to bridge the two. Naturally, this is much easier said than done. The most important part of a hackathon, by...
05 May 2012

Why the Future of Social Is in the Palm of Your Hand

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Cutting-edge app developers discuss the future of mobile-first social networks.

TechCrunch | Nathan Myhrvold, ex-MSFT CTO And Patent Powerbroker, Gobbles Up A Major Cookbook Award

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Nathan Myhrvold, erstwhile Microsoft CTO and now patent powerbroker extraordinare, has hit the news this weekend, but it's not for his latest licensing deal with a mobile phone maker, or for a lawsuit against a tech company (or three) that refuses to pay up for patents that his company,...
29 Apr 2012

TechCrunch | The Future of Science

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Almost every technological and medical innovation in the world has its roots in a scientific paper. Science drives much of the world’s innovation. The faster science moves, the faster the world moves. Progress in science right now is being held back by two key inefficiencies:
23 Apr 2012

TechCrunch | 20M Users Strong, Lookout Partners With Deutsche Telekom To Bring Mobile Security Apps To Europe

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Lookout, a company that offers security services for a number of smartphone platforms, is continuing its international expansion to Europe with a strategic partnership with European telecommunications giant. Deutsche Telekom. Financial terms of the partnership were not disclosed. For background,...

Apple: Here's Why the iPad Isn't Fully Charged at 100%

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Apple’s Vice President of iPad marketing Michael Tchao said the new iPad charges no differently from any other iOS device.

TechCrunch | Vodafone Buys Cable & Wireless For $1.7B, Gives Mobile Carrier Bigger Window On Enterprise, Broadband

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Big news from the UK this morning: Vodafone, one of Europe's biggest mobile operators, has made a formal offer to buy up the assets of Cable & Wireless Worldwide for £1 billion ($1.7 billion), a deal that catapults Vodafone into running its own fixed line network in the UK and...

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