Tips Entrepreneurship's Unclear, Unsanctioned Path Tara Hunt's recent talk at TEDxCorcordia is available online, and we've pasted the video below. It's a pretty frank and inspirational talk about the investment - and no, not the financial investment - that entrepreneurs must make. Hunt (@missrogue on Twitter) is the co-founder of the shopping data startup Shwowp, and in her TEDx talk, she talks… Audrey Watters View comments
UX Evolutions News on iPad When the iPad launched in April last year, news media companies were among the first to create applications for the new tablet device. We're now a year into the iPad era and some of those news apps have dramatically changed how we consume news. But it hasn't been the apps from traditional news media. Rather, it's been two iPad native apps that have… Richard MacManus View comments
News Lawsuit Accusing Yelp of "Implied Extortion" Dismissed A judge has thrown out a lawsuit accusing local business review site Yelp of extortion. The lawsuit made a number of allegations against Yelp, accusing it of acting in a way that added up to "implied extortion," wherein businesses were said to be treated differently on the site according to whether or not they advertised with Yelp. Today, a… Mike Melanson View comments
News NASA to Stream First Mercury Photos NASA will be streaming a live press conference tomorrow at 2:00 PM to unveil the first photos ever taken from the orbit of the planet Mercury. The images, taken by the MESSENGER probe early this morning, will be posted to a special page on NASA's site as the teleconference is taking place on another. Curt Hopkins View comments
Google Gmail to Fine Tune Ads Using Priority Inbox Technology Google has begun notifying users of its email system, Gmail, that "better ads" are on the way. Being sure to note that "ads in Gmail are fully automated" and that "no humans read your messages," the company announced that it will be using a process similar to that of Priority Inbox to bring users fewer, but more relevant, advertisements. Can the… Mike Melanson View comments