Last week, Nick D’Aloisio became a millionaire at 17 when he sold his mobile app Summly to Yahoo. The teenager doesn’t have a college degree in computer science. He doesn’t even have a high school diploma. He taught himself how to program. He still lives with his parents who still make him clean his room.… Continue reading Is College for Saps?
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5 Tips to Make Your LinkedIn Profile Irresistible
Are you looking to make your LinkedIn profile more attractive to recruiters? 1. Keywords in your profile Search engine optimization is a key element of your LinkedIn profile. Add specific keywords aligned with you skills to help highlight potential items employers might be searching for like ‘social media manager’ or ‘website designer.’ Also, scatter… Continue reading 5 Tips to Make Your LinkedIn Profile Irresistible
Facebook Rolls Out Reply Links For Threaded Comments On Pages
Facebook is starting to roll out a new feature that will allow page managers to let anyone to reply directly to comments on their pages. Facebook prompted us on our DashBurst Facebook page to turn on this new reply feature! Previously, whenever you replied to a comment on a Facebook post, your comment would get… Continue reading Facebook Rolls Out Reply Links For Threaded Comments On Pages
Best Project Management Tools for the Low-Cost Startup in 2013
Project Management is a beast. Communication, sharing documents, tracking time: managing a project can become a headache real quick. It’s no wonder startups love to use project management tools (specifically online ones) to help connect everyone as well as organize the handling of projects. These pieces of software help businesses manage their inner workings and… Continue reading Best Project Management Tools for the Low-Cost Startup in 2013
Bitcoin 101: The Digital Currency Revolution [INFOGRAPHIC]
In the digital age, just about everything has gone digital, and that includes currency. If you’ve dismissed the concept of a digital currency as the stuff of a few radical tech geeks, it’s high time you became familiar with a currency that is leaving the dollar, yen, and euro in its exponentially increasing digital dust.
Pinterest Launches New Web Analytics Tool For Businesses As First Step Towards Monetization
Online bookmarking tool Pinterest is rolling out a new Web Analytics Tool that will allow businesses to track the number of visitors delivered to their website, see what people are pinning from their site and other useful information. This is part of the rapidly growing startup’s effort (Pinterest quadrupled from 9 to 40 million users… Continue reading Pinterest Launches New Web Analytics Tool For Businesses As First Step Towards Monetization
Kickstarter Releases Improved Tools for Project Creators
Have you ever tried to raise funds for a new project or idea via Kickstarter? Kickstarter is a crowd-funding platform for creative projects that includes everything from new film, games, music, art, design and technology. Since launching on April 8, 2009, Kickstarter has helped more than 3 million people (and 35,000 creative projects) with over… Continue reading Kickstarter Releases Improved Tools for Project Creators
LinkedIn to Buy Pulse Newsreader App for Over $50 Million
LinkedIn will acquire Pulse, the popular newsreader app, in a deal worth a reported $50 to $100 million. The Pulse app, made by San Francisco-based Alphonso Labs, has 20 million users who read more than 10 million stories per day! Previously Alphonso Labs was able to raise about $10 million from venture capital firms like… Continue reading LinkedIn to Buy Pulse Newsreader App for Over $50 Million
