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Dan Martell, who recently sold his social marketing start-up Flowtown in October to Demandforce, is launching his next venture called Clarity that lets people get experts and advisors on the phone. The service is launching with a stable of start-up gurus. Read more »

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With big data and a little bit of knowhow, it could be possible for any smart startup get a truckload of national press. Read more »

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Focus. Persevere. Hustle. Follow your gut. Put customers first. Don’t reinvent unnecessary wheels. This is just some of the smart, helpful and brief advice that iStartupLabs CEO Peter Corbett got from CEOs and founders over Twitter. Here, he shares the wisest words. Read more »

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My first cost-cutting measure is a big one, because I’m looking to free up a significant amount of cash, and the timing is convenient. My lease is up in a few weeks, and so I’m already on the lookout for cheaper accommodation. Read more »

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I’ve been thinking about the idea of “free,” and not in the context of freemium business models and tangible products or services being given away, as explored by Chris Anderson in his book “Free: The Future of a Radical Price.” I’ve been thinking about how many […] Read more »

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It’s a little early yet to be thinking about the new year (there’s still at least 75 percent of the holiday party season ahead of us, after all), but one of my New Year’s resolutions last year was to try and be more prepared, so here […] Read more »

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Startup advice abounds these days. But while much of it is extremely valuable, some of it is inappropriate, agenda-driven or simply untrue. Following is a list of 10 ways startup advice is flawed — and how to identify when it’s not. Read more »

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So you’re well into your web working career (hopefully thanks, in part, to the posts featured in our just-released free “Web Work 101″ e-book), and you’ve gotten off to a great start, but after a certain amount of time (it will differ from person to person), […] Read more »

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Jeffrey Katzenberg is prepared for 3D to utterly change the experience of watching television and movies — and a lot sooner than you may think. The DreamWorks’ chief told attendees at Fortune’s Brainstorm conference in Pasadena, Calif., today that companies like LG and Panasonic are ready […] Read more »

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If there’s one thing doctors and lawyers hate, it’s being repeatedly asked for their professional opinion about something outside of the office by friends and acquaintances. Web workers, too, have to deal with these kinds of requests, but I personally find that people are even less abashed about asking for advice and help related to blogs, social media, networking and other web work because they don’t regard it as a specialized service the way they do with medical and legal expertise. Read more »

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The iPhone/iPod 3.0 OS allows third-party applications to utilize the device’s Bluetooth capabilities for two-player games. The first (and only) application I had that supported this in an update was Flight Control, and since then, whenever my wife and I are on a train, we occupy […] Read more »

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Nine Inch Nails mastermind Trent Reznor this week published a list of essential guidelines on how to be successful online. Reznor knows a thing or two about Internet success. He became the best-selling artist on Amazon’s MP3 store despite giving his music and videos away for […] Read more »

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It was made public this weekend that an upcoming TV show will be built around micro-blogging service Twitter. Details on the new show are scarce (it involves people tracking celebrities, or something), but it looks like we are moving into a new world of TwitterTeeVee. Here […] Read more »

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[appreview] title=RelationTips image=http://gigapple.files.wordpress.com/2009/03/picture-124.png price=$3.99 url=http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=306421823&mt=8 rating=bronze [/appreview] Music, Internet, Google Maps, telephone calls, taking photos, and now fixing your broken relationship… is there anything the iPhone can’t do? For most of us, the iPhone makes life better — it’s like a gorgeous bio-mechanical addition to our […] Read more »

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Though we’ve worried that Hulu’s success might make it a victim, by driving its content providers to limit their offerings and provoking cable companies to get in the game, the site keeps growing its wedge of the American audience. If Hulu can keep moving up the […] Read more »

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After more than two years of pushing its scientific computing efforts, Nvidia’s graphics processors will be offered as an option in the newest line of Cray desktop supercomputers. The chipmaker plans to announce next week that its Tesla chips can be used in the $25,000 Cray […] Read more »