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August 8th, 2012 by
David
The tech sector is, in many ways, the final frontier for driven individuals who have innate talent and simply need an outlet for it. On the production end, having a great idea and learning to program it can make you the next Mark Zuckerberg or Martin Kleppmann. On the business side of the tech sector, many companies reward experience and success over formal education. Tom Jones is an executive who is proof that experience, charisma, and consistent success may be more of a commodity in the tech sector than a formal degree. Read more »
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August 7th, 2012 by
David
Following the rise of consumer and privacy activists to defeat the Stop Online Piracy Act earlier this year, the reaction to the defeat both online and in the tech sector has been interesting to watch. Many of the leaders who organized the fight against SOPA have formed organizations, like the Internet Defense League, to create watchdog positions and communications networks to prevent future SOPA-like legislation from passing. Many businesses decided to beef up their legal department so they could better understand the potential consequences of such legislation to their specific business. Amazon.com hired Jamie Gorelick to its Board of Directors. Read more »
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August 7th, 2012 by
David
Even with the rise of the smartphone, the need for specialized personal safety devices persists. For sure, a smartphone may be very helpful in a medical emergency or when there is a threat against your life. However, with so many smartphones running sophisticated programs, one must often unlock their smartphone and wait for it to boot to a menu screen from which you select the applications you wish to use. The time it takes to unlock your smartphone may be the moments – especially in a heart attack or assault situation – you need to actually be able to make an emergency call. Fortunately, as communications devices have become more sophisticated, so too have the specialized emergency/personal safety devices. One useful personal safety device is the ZOMM Wireless Leash Plus. Read more »
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August 6th, 2012 by
David
Connecting advertisers and potential customers through all of the digital devices the average person has today is a daunting task. In fact, very few companies have effectively managed to exploit every possible device and network as a viable revenue stream. Even sites traditionally known for their success using ad revenue on the Internet, like Facebook, have had some issues with monetizing on a mobile platform. PubMatic is a company that, in 2006, saw how the Internet was branching into a multiplatform media no longer simply utilized on home computers and developed software that allows advertisers to spread their message effectively across every type of computing device. Mukul Kumar is the software engineer who makes the PubMatic vision work! Read more »
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August 6th, 2012 by
David
The name Hallmark Cards is virtually synonymous with greeting cards, much the way people refer to MP3 players as iPods or inline skates as Rollerblades. To its credit in the rapidly changing world, Hallmark Cards has worked very hard to keep with the times and it has a robust online presence. The physical greeting card manufacturer effectively competes against many online digital greeting card sites and Hallmark Cards continues to innovate. Seeing the intense interest in mobile computing among many of its fans, Hallmark Cards has released the Hallmark Go Cards application! Read more »
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August 5th, 2012 by
David
More often than not, when the mainstream media discusses the tech sector and the businesspeople within it, they convey information about executives who make hundreds of thousands to millions of dollars each year. There is another side to the tech sector, though, and that is the charitable side. There are many executives in the tech sector who, upon seeing the profound influence technology may have on one’s quality of life, become inspired to spread technology to the underprivileged. Millie Liggins has seen just how great IT can improve a company and in her spare time, the works to spread technology through the World Computer Exchange! Read more »
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August 5th, 2012 by
David
In the wake of virtually every tragedy involving gun violence, the media and politicians talk quite a bit about responsibility. While responsibility is easy to determine in incidents where a shooter or group of shooters does violence against others, in situations like accidents involving unsecured firearms (or firearms that were secured, but some element of that security failed), upon whose shoulders the responsibility rests may be harder to judge. Regardless, technology now exists to make it far easier to secure your firearms and other valuables so that accidents are less likely to occur and so you might avoid losing your valuables to burglars. Some worthwhile personal security technology is present in Barska’s Standard Biometric Keypad Safe. Read more »
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August 4th, 2012 by
David
It does not take long, when shopping for new technological gadgets, to realize that every major manufacturer of tech has a different way of connecting, recharging, powering or operating their devices to make them distinctive. For those who do not want to ally themselves to a single corporate standard and would like to buy gadgets from a wide range of manufacturers, they either end up spending a lot of time figuring out how to maintain each of their devices or they end up spending a lot of money to be able to recharge and synch all of their devices simultaneously. Callpod, the makers of the ChargePod, FuelTank, and other connectivity devices, saw that problem and has been steadily working to make the lives of consumers much easier. A lot of the credit for Callpod’s success comes from Craig Lurey. Read more »
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August 3rd, 2012 by
David
Online and mobile payments are a growing industry. One of the most recognizable names in the virtual payment industry is PayPal. PayPal rose to prominence as a spin-off of eBay and as eBay grew, PayPal synergized with it in such a way that it rapidly gained the dominant market share for online payments. However, with the rise of the smartphone, new mobile services like Dwolla, are steadily eating into that market share. While the Technical Officers at PayPal work to increase PayPal’s mobile influence, it is Ranjana Clark who is retaining and winning over new customers for the company. Read more »
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August 3rd, 2012 by
David
The concept of a social network is actually a very simple one: you log into a network, provide information about yourself and develop a channel to share interests and information with other people in your life. As well, you may use a social network to expand your circle of friends by starting conversations with likeminded people who share some of the same interests as you. One of the coolest products on the Internet, is expanding the perception of what a social network can be by offering options that make for a very real photo network! The service is the Ceiva PicturePlan Photo Delivery Service and it is innovative, fresh, and very cool. Read more »