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Is Mobile the Trojan Horse of Social-Email Integration?

Is Mobile the Trojan Horse of Social-Email Integration?

There has been plenty of discourse on “mobile-email” and “social-email” integration, but are marketers taking full advantage of the opportunity to tightly integrate all three? As our infographic from March 2013 revealed, as many as 69% of B2C enterprise email marketing campaigns are viewed on smartphones or tablets, with desktop ...

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Google+ Meets Voxy - The Next Step to Integrating Language Learning into Daily Life

Google+ Meets Voxy - The Next Step to Integrating Language Learning into Daily Life

Voxy is pleased to announce that it is bringing Google+ to its millions of language learners worldwide to provide them with a seamless experience as they learn from content that is relevant to their interests and goals. Our learners will now have the ability to sign-in, interact, and take One-on-One Live Tutoring Sessions powered by Google+ and Google+ Hangouts.

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Ryan's Dating Secrets Revealed: HowAboutWe Couples

Ryan's Dating Secrets Revealed: HowAboutWe Couples

After a while, I started hearing rumblings of a HowAboutWe for Couples, a sort of subscription date service. I’ll admit, at first I was skeptical. One, I just didn’t think I needed help coming up with fun dates, and two, I foresaw looking cheap during the dreaded coupon exchange...

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Preparing a Pitch to POTUS

Preparing a Pitch to POTUS

Every entrepreneur experiences highs and lows as we work to launch and grow our companies. Last week was one of the highest highs.

President Obama kick-started a series of quick “job and opportunity” tours showcasing what works in places like Austin, Texas. His message: if Congress primed the pump, the good stuff like the creation of quality tech and manufacturing jobs happening in Austin could trickle up to the rest of America.

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Ditch your keychain for the Kwikset Kēvo – turns your smarphone into an electronic key!

Ditch your keychain for the Kwikset Kēvo – turns your smarphone into an electronic key!

Bringing cutting edge technology to the residential lock market has been a part of UniKey’s vision from the beginning. I’ve enjoyed this journey of responding to the needs of homeowners. We knew right away that we wanted to be different than other deadbolt locks that require keys....

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Splice data scientist DNA into your existing team

Splice data scientist DNA into your existing team

I recently spoke with renowned data scientist DJ Patil, who pointed out that a “data scientist” is “one part hacker, one part analyst, and a whole lot of curiosity.” To turn a business analyst into a data scientist, the trick is to connect with their natural curiosity to motivate them to hone hacking skills:

Tip 1:Ask if they want to learn how to hack. If not, then pair them with a hacker.

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Search is Changing: Bing’s Klout Experts Program

Search is Changing: Bing’s Klout Experts Program

I have to say: I am thoroughly excited that Search just became interesting again.

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American Airlines’ Admirals Club Welcomes Klout Users in Nearly 40 Locations

American Airlines’ Admirals Club Welcomes Klout Users in Nearly 40 Locations

We think we’ve found another way to top ourselves…

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4 Unconventional Recruiting Tools That Every Startup Can Use

4 Unconventional Recruiting Tools That Every Startup Can Use

There’s a war for young talent raging among America’s startups right now. All the best companies have booths at college job fairs, and help-wanted postings are sprouting like daisies on career websites. What this means is easy: if a startup wants to attract “A-list” candidates, it’s going to need the best recruiting tools around. The problem, of course, is that every other small business in America is using them too.

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Playdek Is Serious About Play

Playdek Is Serious About Play

Founding a new video game publisher is a daunting task. Every day the video game industry gathers momentum in its headlong dash to the “social mobile” space and the old guard of what we knew as the video game business are being left behind. Or they are disappearing altogether. At Playdek we have noticed and we’ve taken the trend very seriously...

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