10 Mar

Foursquare 3.0 | Check-Ins Become More than an Ego Boost

“Why do you check-in?”
“Isn’t it creepy that people know where you are?”
“Haven’t you heard of Please Rob Me?”
“Put your phone away!”

We have all heard the various complaints from non-tech friends badgering us to justify our constant reliance of our mobile devices. And we have all s...

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09 Mar

Greplin | Index Your Personal Life

Are you overwhelmed with using fragmented services online that don’t communicate with each other? Do your Google Contacts always match your growing list of Facebook Friends? Can you remember if your last conversation with your sister happened over email, Twitter or LinkedIn? I sometimes find myse...

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01 Mar

Digital CliffsNotes | Summarize Text Instantly with Topicmarks

Do you remember those racks of yellow and black books in the corner of the University shop? The ones that your teacher despised and you relied on. Well, CliffsNotes does not even begin to compare with a semantic text startup that has been stirring the pot in recent weeks.

After winning multipl...

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22 Feb

Vizibility | When I Google You, What Do I Find?

When James Alexander searched Google for his name in 2009 he found everything but information about him. This frustration was a result from his very common name, comprised of two first names. Only after utilizing Google’s advance search function and targeting his past work history along with othe...

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