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Peter Norvig and eight others are Hacker School residents
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Virgin Galactic goes faster than speed of sound in flight test
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Google Now on your iPhone and iPad
Google Now for iPhone and iPad is available as part of the updated Google Search app.
Pirates playing a game dev simulator complain about piracy
When we released our very first game, Game Dev Tycoon (for Mac, Windows and Linux) yesterday, we did something unusual and as far as I know unique. We released a cracked version of the game ourselves, minutes after opening our Store.
Icelandic Pirate Party enters parliament
The Icelandic Pirate Party has entered Parliament. This is clear as all the votes have been counted, with the Pirate Party at 5.1% as...
Why I am building a product with a tiny market
Two months ago, I launched a [regex tester](/). W...
Uber Stockholm throw a PR-tantrum when refused unfair advantages
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The next generation of Instapaper
When I launched Instapaper in 2008, it was a very basic web app. It quickly expanded to define the pillars of the read-later market: a one-click “read later” bookmarklet, a web sync service, an adjustable text view optimized for reading, and an iPhone app with offline saving. I did almost everything myself, which…
We’re Being Sued For Linking To Shopzilla
(image) If you like crime stories, you’ll love this. ‘True Crime: Hammersmith’ is the story of a deranged criminal organisation […]
Why developers are leaving the Facebook platform
Attitudes towards the Facebook platform have changed Recently, Bill Gurley of Benchmark wrote a great piece on how platform companies like Facebook, iOS, Android, eBay, and others manage the ecosystem around them. It’s an important essay and I’d recommend you all read it. I found myself nodding my head as Facebook was…