- The Markets that Startup Founders are Missing
A common piece of advice given to entrepreneurs may lead them to overlook or dismiss good ideas.
I read a headline on TechCrunch this week about how the startup, Proven, is helping people apply build resumes and apply for jobs from their smartphones. My immediate reaction was to think this is a ridiculous idea. Really, if a job opening is so great that I want to drop everything to apply, wouldn’t I at least take a few minutes to get to a PC?
- Ingenious: A Mini Mobile Browser That Lives in Your Desktop Browser
Ever wanted to scan another website without switching browser tabs? Glimpse is for you.
Thanks to responsive design, most modern websites (including this one) serve up different versions of themselves depending on what device you’re using to visit them – usually a “full” site designed for browsing on a laptop or desktop, plus a streamlined “mobile” version optimized for small screens. If you’ve ever preferred the latter version of your favorite site to the “real” one, even when you’re not using your phone (hello, Techmeme), you’ll appreciate Glimpse: an experimental add-on for the Chrome web browser that pops up a little smartphone-sized “mini mobile browser” right inside your desktop browser window.
- The Future of TV–Terrestrial Broadcasting Or Video-On-Demand Over Cellular Networks?
Replacing terrestrial broadcasts with a cellular network capable of video-on-demand won’t make sense unless viewing habits change dramatically, concludes a new study on the future of television
- Nanowires Suck Up Light from Around Them
The optical properties of nanowires suggest a new way to make more efficient solar panels.
- A Former Walmart Exec Wants to Help You Buy Less
An unlikely team comes together with a startup that aims to change retail by becoming the marketplace for the “sharing economy.”
A decade ago, Andy Ruben was in charge of global strategy at a company that environmentalists love to hate: Walmart. Adam Werbach was a firebrand activist who had served as the youngest-ever president of the venerable green group, the Sierra Club, at age 23. It’d be hard to imagine a more unlikely pair sitting together in a San Francisco office in 2013. But today Ruben and Werbach are founders of a six-person startup with a grand plan: to reduce waste and change the retail economy by getting people to stop buying $200 billion worth of stuff every year.
- The Data-Driven Artist
When viewers decide what’s on TV, who wins?
In a salvo against Netflix, which has gained attention for its original series “House of Cards,” Amazon announced today that it would be producing a pilot for a TV series derived from “Zombieland,” the hit 2009 horror-comedy. What’s most interesting about Amazon’s announcement, though, is the revelation that it will only be ordering a full season of the series depending on customer feedback.
- Predictive Smartphone Assistant Gives You a Heads-Up
Startup Sherpa’s predictive intelligence offers valuable insights when and where you need them.
Google Now, an app for Android smartphones that serves up useful information such as flight details when it thinks you need it, is getting some competition from a former Googler.
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