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Models for API driven startups built around public data - GovFreshgovfresh.com
I had a conversation with a venture capitalist recently who was looking for information on startups who had APIs and had built their company around public data. -
Anthropology of Mid-Sized Startupsribbonfarm.com
Guest post by Kevin Simler, who works at Palantir, observes the startup scene, and writes at Melting Asphalt, about… well, go see for yourself. In their natural habitats, social species organize into characteristic groups. Gazelles form herds, wolves f... -
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David vs two Goliathseconomist.com
Service poor, view disappointing “BREAKFAST is nasty, the rooms are nasty.” So complained a reviewer of an Oregon guesthouse earlier this year. There is nothing... -
Controlling the connectionblog.spark.io
Take control of all the things! You can now easily take control of the connection on the Spark Core. -
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IBM’s Watson Groomed as C-Suite Advisor | MIT Technology Reviewtechnologyreview.com
Researchers at IBM are testing a version of Watson designed to listen and contribute to business meetings. -
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Former Director of U.S. Mint: "I Feel Strongly About the Promise of Cryptocurrencies" - newsBTCnewsbtc.com
The 38th Director of the United States Mint has shown great interest recently in digital currency, here are some of his answers to my questions. -
Patents that killeconomist.com
IN 1742 Benjamin Franklin invented a new type of stove, for which he was offered a patent. Franklin refused it, arguing in his autobiography that because “we... -
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Wireless Charging, at a Distance, Moves Forward for uBeambits.blogs.nytimes.com
The technology makes it possible for a device to move freely around a room, in a pocket or purse, while constantly charging. -
One Year Review of Lob.comlob.com
Lob lets you seamlessly print and mail documents, postcards, photos, and more via a web API. Integrate easily into your web or mobile application today. -
OAuth is a mess!slideshare.net
OAuth is a real mess and developers can really get crazy by being to much exposed! Poorly documented and badly designed APIs is what we encounter everyday. En… -
Killing Kojitsublog.mattwest.io
Let’s start with a bit of context. About a year ago I started work on a little web application that could surface the best links shared by the people I follow on twitter. Last February I released that application into the world as Kojitsu. I'm fascinat... -
When Robots Take All the Work, What’ll Be Left for Us to Do? | Business | WIREDwired.com
Robots have loomed over the future of labor for decades—at least since robotic arms started replacing auto workers on the assembly line in the early 1960s. Optimists say that more robots will lead to greater productivity and economic growth, while pess... -
Hacker News Redesign • Varuna Jayasiriblog.varunajayasiri.com
This is motivated by Hacker News Redesign (HN discussion) by @hilapeleg. It was a great looking design and I too wanted to spend a couple of hours redesigning Hacker News. Here’s the chrome extension to try it. I am a developer and have no... | Varuna ... -
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Using Swift As General Purpose Scripting Language - StrathWebstrathweb.com
One of the big advantages of Swift is that it gives you access to all Cocoa APIs and lets you use them in some very flexible ways. One of those is the possibility to use Swift as a general OS … Continue reading → -
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