About 194 days ago Apps | Business Software | Cloud Computing

Mavenlink Online Collaboration Growing, Gets Funding

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When you think about online collaboration, popular options such as Basecamp, Chatter or Google Docs likely come to mind. But there’s another rising star in the space garnering the attention of investors and customers alike for not only letting people work with others online regardless of physical location, but also offering other interesting features. Irvine, Calif.-based Mavenlink just raised $3.9 million to accelerate the development of its project management platform and says it now has more than 100,000 users and is getting 15,000 new ones a month. READ MORE »

About 194 days ago Internet and Online Business

Zynga to Employees: Give Back Shares

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Over the past few months Zynga CEO Mark Pincus has asked some employees to return shares they received instead of high salaries. Turn over that equity, or be fired, Pincus and other Zynga executives told those employees. This move comes as Zynga prepares for an upcoming IPO, which could bring a valuation of close to $20 billion and make shareholders wealthy. READ MORE »

About 195 days ago Business Software | E-mail | Managing Technology | Tools on Managing Technology

How E-Mail Can Scuttle Your Career

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E-mail is often called the “killer app” and many of us (especially me) seem to spend our entire waking lives reading, sorting, and sending e-mail messages. But, precisely because it is so ubiquitous and our use of it so second-nature, it can become the career-killer app as well. READ MORE »

About 195 days ago Managing Technology

A School Called “Steve Jobs”

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How would you like to tell prospective employers that you studied at the school of Steve Jobs? Apparently it sounds like a good idea to students at a technology school in Plovdiv, Bulgaria’s second largest city. READ MORE »

About 195 days ago Hardware | PCs, Laptops, and Notebooks

PC Makers Face Hard Disk Shortage

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Natural disasters in far-flung places such as Thailand and Japan would seem to have little connection to our digital lives. But in addition to the tragic  loss of lives, the severe weather is threatening to bring about a crisis in tech: According to Piper Jaffray analyst Gus Richard, the industry could run out of hard drives by the end of this month. READ MORE »

About 195 days ago Blogging and Social Media | Internet and Online Business | Smartphones and PDAs

Venmo Gets Integrated Voice Payments Via Apple

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Despite a recent hiccup, Siri, Apple’s virtual assistant, is helping to open up a whole new world in mobile payments. Social payments start-up Venmo is taking full advantage of Siri’s capabilities with say-to-pay functionality. READ MORE »

About 195 days ago Blogging and Social Media | Internet and Online Business

Delicious Buys Competitor After Criticism

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When Delicious decided to get a makeover, the online criticism was swift and cutting. Australian start-up Trunk.ly might have been the most vocal in it’s fault-finding—and it seems to have paid off. Delicious’ parent company AVOS has announced that it is buying the company. READ MORE »

About 195 days ago Tablets and eReaders

2011′s Ten Best Tablets

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Did you buy a tablet in 2011? If you didn’t, I’m pretty sure you wanted to. Or at least read some reviews and compared some specs. Though the year’s not quite over, TechRepublic‘s Jason Hiner has picked the best ten tablets to be introduced this year, and though the market-dominating iPad 2 isn’t much of a surprise at the top spot, some of the others may astonish. For instance, the HP TouchPad, even though its operating system may be shelved, and the device itself is only available on eBay. And BlackBerry PlayBook, another casualty in the battle for platform dominance, though as Hiner points out, it may be highly useful for people or companies who live by their BlackBerry smartphones. READ MORE »

About 196 days ago Business Software

New Start-up Wants to Change How You Make Payments

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For anyone who’s buried under a stack of payment invoices, there might be an easier way to handle all that paperwork. A new start-up that’s just come out of stealth mode, MineralTree, is setting out to change how you make payments. READ MORE »

About 196 days ago Blogging and Social Media | Internet and Online Business | Managing Technology | Online Marketing

The Difference Between Google and Facebook

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What’s the difference between Google and Facebook? Google focuses on algorithms, Facebook focuses on people. So says Sheryl Sandberg, formerly vice president of Global Online Sales and Operations at Google, and now Facebook’s COO. READ MORE »