If You Want Your App To Take Off, Learn To Reward Your Power Users
By Lars Albright, fastcompany.comYikes: 70 percent of the people who download your app will never, ever look at it again. So you better learn how to create and coddle power users.
Mobile apps are booming by all the basic measures, like downloads and total users. It’s the…
Hyper-Realistic CGI Is Killing Photographers, Thrilling Product Designers
Joseph Flaherty, wired.comComputer-generated images are moving out of theaters and onto store shelves and catalog pages, thanks to new software that makes it nearly impossible to distinguish the real from the photorealistic.
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How I Went From 1,000 Emails to Inbox Zero (and Stayed There) with Mailstrom
Adam Dachis, lifehacker.comInbox zero: it’s the impossible dream that gets further and further away as you let your emails pile up, but you don’t have to get stuck with the clutter. Thanks to an awesome webapp called Mailstrom, I finally got my thousand-email inbox under…
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Infographic: The Languages Of New York, Mapped By Tweets
By Mark Wilson, fastcodesign.comWho speaks which languages in New York? One team looked at 8.5 million tweets to map it out.
It looks like every block of NYC has been wrapped in Christmas lights, but in reality, you’re looking at the nine most prominently tweeted…
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By Kelsey Campbell-Dollaghan, fastcodesign.com
A new Pew survey tests our visual recall of current events. Twitter logo? Check. Chinese flag? What’s that, bro?!
You’ve probably heard how (depressingly) little Americans tend to know about history. But what about their visual recall …
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America’s Visual IQ: Both Amazing And Embarrassing
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In Big Tech, Bet on Companies That Seek a ‘Better Way’
Sarah Mitroff, wired.comConsumer internet companies are notorious for selling us something we don’t really need, whether it’s Foursquare telling us to check-in to the restaurants and shops we enter, or Facebook encouraging us to share every detail of our lives. But it’s…
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Big Tech: The Power of Paying: What Consumer Hotshots Can Learn From Corporate Drudges
Ryan Tate, wired.comWhen choosing a platform API to build upon, paying cash up front can help you avoid paying in time and regret later.
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3 billion check-ins let Foursquare highlight the most awesome places in the U.S.
John Koetsier, venturebeat.comThree billion check-ins and tens of millions of tips ought to add up to something. In Foursquare’s case, that means the “Best of” series, which highlights “the most awesome places in cities across the U.S.”The location-based social network, which …
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11 Traditional Breakfasts From Around the World
bootsnall.comIt could be that a lone bagel and a cup of coffee to-go is your idea of breakfast, and the only time you actually sit down for this important meal is on weekends and holidays, but what about when you travel?
What happens when you are i…
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Find out who has viewed your LinkedIn profile
by Matt Elliott, cnet.comA clever trick lets you find out who has viewed your LinkedIn profile without upgrading your account.
If you are unemployed, unhappy at your current job, or simply curious about other opportunities, then you likely keep close tabs on yo…
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Safe Shepherd Protects Your Social Networks, Keeps Your Data Off of Creepy People Search Engines
Alan Henry, lifehacker.comSafe Shepherd is a privacy protection service that already scrubs your personal data from creepy people search engines, but the service also now keeps tabs on your social networks like Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, and Instagram to make sure you’re…
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