FUNKY GREEN: 05/16/13

Thursday, 16 May 2013

Solar Scooter is World's Most Guilt-Free Vehicle

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Google Glass rooted and hacked to run Ubuntu live at Google I/O

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Rumors mount for white Nexus 4, may launch with next version of Android

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Hands-on with BBM Channels: BlackBerry's trojan horse social platform

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Google's Blink team pulls 8.8 million lines of WebKit code in one month

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Tim Cook says US-made Mac will be new model in an existing family

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How to Handle Instagram Tagging Without Being an Asshole

See Thorsten Heins, Alicia Keys and BBM during the BlackBerry Live keynote, now on YouTube

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DODOnotes iPhone Notebooks: Sometimes Nothing Beats a Pen and Paper

Boeing tapped to build ViaSat-2 satellite, launch set for mid-2016

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Bill Gates regains title of world's richest person as Microsoft stock hits five-year high

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Hurry! The Austin TC Meetup + Pitch-Off Is Selling Out Quick

Austin, I wish I knew how to quit you. It’s only been a few months since TC ventured down south to check out SXSW, but it wasn’t enough. We’re returning on May 30 with the legendary TC Meetup + Pitch-off, and tickets are selling out fast so pay attention and get ‘er done.

The TechCrunch Meetup + Pitch-Off is an event wherein tech fanboys, entrepreneurs, readers, and even a few chicks can join us for some booze, conversation, and a generally merry time. Plus, entrepreneurs looking to show off their stuff can apply to be in the 60-second pitch-off competition. The startups will have one minute to wow a panel of judges, including TC staffers and local VCs, using only their words. No demos. No PowerPoint presentations. Just pure entrepreneurial energy.

The Austin Meetup + Pitch-Off will be held atThe Stage On Sixth promptly at 6pm on May 30, and will come to a close around 10pm. We’ll have plenty of booze, live entertainment in the form of that 60-second pitch-off contest and there will even be some prizes and a fireside chat with a local Austin luminary, Bijoy Goswami.

First place in the pitch-off will receive a table in Startup Alley at TechCrunch Disrupt SF 2013. Second Place will receive two tickets to the upcoming TechCrunch Disrupt, and Third Place will receive one ticket to TechCrunch Disrupt SF. And that’s just the start of it.

Our NY Meetup + Pitch-Off yielded some excellent Disrupt companies. PaddleYou was spotted in Hardware Alley after coming in third at the Pitch-Off, while runners up Talkz and winner 3DLT both made it into the Disrupt Battlefield.

The only condition is that these products must currently be in stealth or private beta. Go ahead,apply here. And hurry up because we’re in the process of selecting companies and will announce the finalists next Wednesday.

Of course, what’s a stage without an audience? And how will the judges know how to feel but if not for the difference between a dead-eyed mass of heads bowed to smartphones and a group of people excitedly tweeting their favorite picks and pics about the badass event. Cause let’s face it, ya’ll are going to be on your phones the whole time. (So will I.)

This is why you should head on over here and buy tickets. The ticket is only $5.

We want to see you in Austin and we want you in our pitch-off. Let’s make this happen.

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Dell announces Q1 2014 results: $14 billion revenue, 21 cents EPS

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Prototype Your Own Google Glass App With This Tool

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Corning intros Lotus XT Glass for next-gen mobile displays, touts more efficient production (video)

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Save Your Legs With This Self-Balancing Briefcase Unicycle

Google's nearly four-hour I/O 2013 keynote is yours for the watching on YouTube

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Cómo no ser un Glassipollas

El gadget más molón del momento puede crear verdaderos monstruos. De modo que bien viene este anuncio de «servicio público» acerca de las gafas inteligentes Glass de Google que han preparado la gente de Mashable y Matt Silverman acerca de algunas situaciones sociales comprometidas y la etiqueta relacionada.

El objetivo del vídeo: que no surja una nueva raza de glassipollas, que ya hay demasiadas simlares en las calles.

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Intel CEO Draws 'History of the Computer Industry' in 1 Chart

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This 11-Inch Laptop With a 1080p Screen Is Your Deal of the Day

Samsung Galaxy S 4 sporting stock Android 4.2 at Google I/O (hands-on)

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Google Glass Gets Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr Apps

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KEF M500 and M200 headphones launched in Hong Kong, we go ears-on

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Google changelog reveals upcoming Chrome devices with Star Fox-inspired codenames

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Cómo enfocarse en las tareas útiles, ¡fácilmente!

Irónicamente titulado Cómo enfocarse en la era de la distracción lo normal es que quien vea esta infografía de Visua.ly ni siquiera termine de verla completa. ¿Apostamos?

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Alimentos naturales, vida sana, y esperanza de vida

Problemas de cavernícolas

Una viñeta de Alex Gregory publicada en The New Yorker y traducida por @OmaCroga, muy a cuento después del programa de Salvados titulado «¿Qué comemos?» y sobre la que deberían reflexionar aquellos que se empeñan en defender la bondad de los «productos naturales»:

La opinión de José Miguel Mulet, con cuya intervención comenzaba el programa, está en Comentarios en vivo al programa Salvados ; hay más opiniones al respecto en Sobre el programa de Salvados "Qué comemos" ¿Seguro que trataba de alimentación? y en ¿Hablamos de química o de alimentos?

(La viñeta vía @CarlosChNav por un RT de @ClaraGrima).

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iTunes 11.0.3 released with enhanced MiniPlayer, multi-disc albums

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Google Glass to get CNN, Elle, Twitter, Tumblr, Evernote and Facebook apps soon

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Google announces Glass Developer Kit, will enable offline apps and direct hardware access

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Japan-bound Sony Xperia UL leaks out with 5-inch screen, reportedly packs Snapdragon 600

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FixYa's New FixBoard Allows Companies To Track Customer Support Trends

FixYa, a Q&A site where consumers can seek advice from product experts, is launching a new feature today called the FixBoard, which should make the site more useful to big consumer brands.

As the name suggests, the FixBoard is basically a dashboard of FixYa data. It shows, over time, the number of FixYa owners who reported a problem with a company product, the products that have the most reported problems, the most common problems, and how those numbers stack up against the competition.

Rather than just looking at individual questions or individual products, this dashboard provides brands with a much broader view of “what customers are saying,” said CEO Yaniv Bensadon. The data is specifically about activity on FixYa — it doesn’t tell companies about complaints on their own sites or own social media, for example. But Bensadon said FixYa itself has become a big community, with more than 30 million unique visitors per month and 9 million product questions answered total.

He added that even though FixYa has been profitable since 2009, the company is looking for ways beyond its existing ad model for brands to find (and pay for) value on the site. The FixBoard is currently free and available to everyone, but it only covers the top 1,000 brands on FixYa (out of 60,000 total). Eventually, Bensadon said he plans to release a “full-blown” version that companies will have to pay for, covering more brands and offering more detailed data.

I also asked whether any of those potential advertisers/future customers are going to be upset to see the number of customer complaints highlighted in one place and visible to the public.

“We don’t think so — in the same way that no one prevents anyone from going to Twitter and reading the tweets” Bensadon said. “Now, after several years … brands understand the fact that some users are saying something bad about your brand. It cannot be prevented, and there are two things you can do about it as a brand. You can ignore it, or treat it as an opportunity to engage with your users.”

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