January 2012
“The one thing I wish I had known before launching my Kickstarter project was how...”
– Ted Rall shares lessons he learned from running a Kickstarter project. (via ensignau)
Friday Photo Feature: Lunar New Year 2012
instagram:
This past Monday, January 23rd, Lunar New Year celebrations took place all around the world. This is the year of the Dragon in the Chinese zodiac, which is considered the luckiest of all zodiac years! Thousands of photos, from family dinners to street festivities, were shared on Instagram, but here are a few of our favorites.
Photos by resonate, brittanyhite, zing_w,...
NYC Digital: Outside? Thirsty? There are 1,985... →
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Google Plus now boasts over 90 million users
bitshare:
On a recent Google earnings call, Google CEO Larry Page said that Google Plus reached a new milestone. On the call he said that Google Plus now has 90 million users globally. Well over double what he announced just three months ago. 90 million total users is a high amount, given the age of Google Plus which just launched in June of 2011.
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“Later, he referred to Airbnb riding a ‘third wave of the Internet’. Chesky...”
– DLD 2012 – Brian Chesky: “Average Airbnb Host In NYC Pockets $21,000 A Year” | TechCrunch (via likesandlaunch)
“A well-organized, well-funded, well-connected, well-experienced lobbying effort...”
– David Binetti
The week the web changed Washington - O’Reilly Radar
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WatchMade In Brooklyn - video highlighting entrepreneurship in BK put together by the new Brooklyn Bridge Ventures
“As American consumers ogle over shiny new gadgets at this week’s Consumer...”
– Foxconn Is Still a Hard Place to Work - Technology - The Atlantic Wire
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“He talks to both factory workers and businessmen, gathering chilling information about the situation at the factory, discovering suicide nets,...
