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The most popular blog posts about tech industry & business on Hacker News. 7,909 posts.
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Google Shares, Monetizes, and Exploits Your Data Without 'Selling' It
"Google will never sell any personal information to third parties; and you get to decide how your information is used." - Sundar Pichai Sound familiar? Although big tech companies like Google keep the lights on by harvesting and monetizing your personal data, they can be quick to mince words and deny the strawman…
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Apple releases diversity numbers
We create a culture of collaboration where different experiences and perspectives come together to make something magical and meaningful.
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Changes to Unity Plans and Pricing
The latest news and updates related to Unity pricing and subscription plans.
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Droid: iDon't Understand Search Engine Optimization
I've been waiting for Verizon to announce a competitive smart phone for a quite some time. With a barely functional, 3 year old Motorola Q you better be...
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Wufoo's Secret to Customer Happiness? Googly Eyes
Wufoo inspires NMC to keep up with their customer base, even after they are customers.
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Announcing the New York Times Congress API
We’re pleased to announce the Congress API, which lets developers access information about Congressional representatives and their votes.
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Mojito island is a mirage
Early retirement is a mirage when you’re physically and mentally capable of doing more. Humans are generally not built to derive sustainable happiness from sipping mojitos on a picturesque island somewhere in the pacific. Once you’ve tasted the sweetness of a dedicated purpose, it’…
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Throw out that five-year plan, build something now, and don't take any money
A couple of Getting Realish ideas spotted in Best Life magazine: Greg Gianforte is the author of “Bootstrapping Your Business: Start and Grow a Successful Company With Almost No Money.” In Follow Your Dream, he advises throwing out your five-year plan and focusing on building somethi…
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I'm Getting Pretty Tired of Startup Advice that Doesn't Include Any Mention of SEO
Ever since SEOmoz took venture capital investment last fall, I've been reading a lot of blogs and sites geared towards the startup world. Even though we've been around for 5 years (and Gillian and I have been doing web marketing for 10), I still think of us very much like a startup - we've grown…
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RT @google: Tweets and updates and search, oh my
Insights from Googlers into our products, technology, and the Google culture
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Doctorow, How to Destroy the Book
Cory Doctorow, my former EFF colleague, now novelist and all-around-inspiration, gave a stirring speech entitled "How to Destroy the Book" in November at a Canadian conference dedicated to literacy. Fittingly, it was spontaneously transcribed and posted online at The Varsity.ca. The whole thing is...
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Intractability of Financial Derivatives
A new result by Princeton computer scientists and economists shows a striking application of computer science theory to the field of financial derivative design. The paper is Computational Complexity and Information Asymmetry in Financial Products by Sanjeev Arora, Boaz Barak, Markus Brunnermeier, and Rong Ge…
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