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NASA Challenges Developers With The Climate Resilience Data Challenge
Some cool stuff from NASA, an opportunity for developers who really want to help with a great cause! NASA in partnership with the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) is offering more than $35,000 in prizes to citizen scientists for ideas that make use of climate data to address vulnerabilities faced by the United States in coping with climate change. [Read more…]
Have Users Checked Out from Foursquare?
When I asked some followers what they felt about Foursquare I heard the following comments: “the weird relationship with Swarm has complicated things” and “I deleted it long ago… with Swarm it became useless…” – So, what has happened to Foursquare? [Read more…]
Biz tip – What To Do When Stress Gets The Best Of You
Learn to manage your emotions in times of stress and remain calm and in control.
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White Paper – Mobile Login Best Practices
This white paper will introduce and explore the four key principles for superior mobile experiences, as well as seven specific best practices that you can follow to keep your mobile registration conversions high, and your abandonment rates low. [Read more…]
Running GPS vs. Course Length [Infographic]
Running GPS and certified courses: When you finish a half marathon, why doesn’t your GPS say exactly 13.1 miles? [Read more…]
Biz Tip – Web Marketing For Dummies, 3rd Edition eBook (Free, Limited Time)
Get the latest tools and trends in web marketing with this new edition of a bestseller.
Location Privacy and What you Might be Sharing Over Public WiFi
An interesting read from Maurits Martijn as a test from an Internet Cafe in Amsterdam reveals just how easy it is for a hacker to exploit you and ruin your life if they want! “We took a hacker to a café and, in 20 minutes, he knew where everyone else was born, what schools they attended, and the last five things they googled.” [Read more…]
4 Ways Taking Your Business Paperless Will Benefit Your Business
The paperless office used to be considered the pipe dream of the technology minded. A paperless office was going to be the next wave of the future, the way that businesses will run in the year 2250. But the future has come earlier than expected, and the good news is that it’s even been field tested: if you were hesitant to make the switch because you wanted to see how it was going to work out for the people who have already tried, the reports are in and the reports are favorable. There are many ways that ditching the filing cabinets and overstocked printers will benefit your business, but here are four of the choicest examples laid out for you. [Read more…]
Hey Canada, Say Hello to the $89 unlocked, Blu Win JR smartphone from Microsoft
Here’s a sweet device tip for our Canadian readers, particularly those of you who are tired of those pesky carrier contracts and costly devices.. enter the $89 Blu Win JR smartphone from Microsoft [Read more…]