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Rdio is Now Free on the Web

The Next Phase of Node.js

Georgia Tech Researchers Reveal Phrases that Pay on Kickstarter

Georgia Tech College of Computing2014130 points24 commentsTech Industry & Business details

Google to Acquire Nest

Google Investor Relations2014684 points568 commentsTech Industry & Business details

Awful app review trend among Turkish users

Over one billion searches were made on DuckDuckGo in 2013

DuckDuckGo Blog2014186 points139 commentsTech Industry & Business details

The Official DuckDuckGo Blog

Lessons learned from a year as a self-published author

Easel Acquired by GitHub

Stripe adds multiple account support

Stripe2014133 points87 commentsTech Industry & Business details

Create separate Stripe accounts for each independent business you own.

Introducing Jelly

New algorithm can dramatically streamline solutions to the ‘max flow’ problem

MIT2014213 points44 commentsMath & Algorithms details

SpaceX successfully launches Thaicom6 satellite to geostationary transfer orbit

We've Open-Sourced Everything

CodeCombat Blog2014305 points43 commentsOpen Source details

CodeCombat is a programming game for learning to code [https://blog.codecombat.com/180000-child-programmers-versus-44-ogres]; a multiplayer coding challenge arena [https://blog.codecombat.com/beat-this-level-get-a-programming-job] for sharpening your skills; a Y-Combinator-funded…

Rap Genius is Back on Google

Rap Genius Blog2014242 points188 commentsTech Industry & Business details

Growing From $5,000 to $25,000 in MRR

Happy New Year from Y Combinator

Y Combinator Blog2014163 points12 commentsTech Industry & Business details

We’ve collected advice from the founders of a few YC companies that can help you with some common New Year’s resolutions. > Land a new job HackerRank [https://www.hackerrank.com/]: A community of programmers who solve interesting problems for fun, prizes and jobs. > “Companies are beginning to place more importance on…

The Saddest SaaS Pricing Pages of the Year

Hyperloop: Not so fast

This week Matt Brauer is back to describe work he did to analyze the trajectory of the Hyperloop proposal. This is a key input to the Hyperloop Simulink models we are building. Matt's conclusion is surprising: From the perspective of geographic constraints and rider comfort, the 760 mph peak speed is not an issue…

The RIAA forced me to shut down a successful website/apps I built in high school

Rap Genius Traffic Has Dropped By Over 80%

Quantcast2013107 points164 commentsTech Industry & Business details

Facebook is basically dead and buried with UK teenagers

Open Letter to Google About Rap Genius SEO

Rap Genius Blog2013148 points159 commentsTech Industry & Business details

An Open Letter to the Chiefs of EMC and RSA

F-Secure Blog2013166 points28 commentsTech Industry & Business details

Crowdsourcing a More Secure Future

Telegram Blog2013121 points92 commentsSecurity & Privacy details

A guy from Russia just earned $100,000. Crowdsourcing a More Secure Future

2013: A Year of Open Source at Facebook

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Introducing Open Salaries at Buffer

Buffer Blog2013527 points337 commentscited by 16Tech Industry & Business details

At Buffer, we have the concept of "Open Salaries." We have a simple formula to calculate salaries and we share this with the whole team--and with you, too.

oDesk to merge with Elance

oDesk Blog2013309 points139 commentsTech Industry & Business details

Find the latest Upwork news and announcements, product and feature updates, and more on the Upwork Blog.

Coinbase Crosses 650,000 Users

Coinbase Blog2013121 points118 commentsTech Industry & Business details

From carpool to deadpool: Ridejoy’s startup journey

Mozilla in 2013

Mozilla Blog2013188 points81 commentsTech Industry & Business details

What an amazing year for the Web. In 2013, we celebrated 15 years of Mozilla and 15 Years of a Better Web, which we’ve been instrumental in innovating an