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Curated News - HealthWatch: Hacking Into Body Metrics May Be Key To Better Health « CBS San Francisco

May 06, 2012

“The idea behind the movement is that, instead of hacking into computers, you hack into your own body – by using smart phones, mobile apps and any number of wireless devices. The goal is to fine-tune and improve your life.”

via HealthWatch: Hacking Into Body Metrics May Be Key To Better Health « CBS San Francisco

Curated News - From Brink Of Bankruptcy Towards An IPO - The Evernote Story

May 06, 2012

“The obvious reason why the company is far from ready is tied to their vision: they want to build the second brain of humanity, a place that securely stores everything from your life.”

via From Brink Of Bankruptcy Towards An IPO - The Evernote Story

Curated News - From Brink Of Bankruptcy Towards An IPO - The Evernote Story

May 06, 2012

“Another important decision they made very early on was to put a price on the product. Users could purchase the premium product from very early on that also gave confidence there was something the company was aiming to solve.”

via From Brink Of Bankruptcy Towards An IPO - The Evernote Story

Curated News - HOLY MOLEY: Facebook Interns Make A Crapload Of Money - Business Insider

May 05, 2012

“If you ignore taxes, that’s a salary of around $60,000 annually for someone with little or no work experience in programming.”

via HOLY MOLEY: Facebook Interns Make A Crapload Of Money - Business Insider

Curated News - Governor’s Innovation Conference reflects new era for TN startups | The Tennessean | tennessean.com

May 05, 2012

“The real test of a cluster ‘catching fire’ is not when it provides local employment,” author Steve Blank (The Startup Owners Manual) wrote in a blog post last year. “But when people from outside the area start coming to work and invest there.”

via Governor’s Innovation Conference reflects new era for TN startups | The Tennessean | tennessean.com

Curated News - Kickstarter Advice From The Guy Whose E-Paper Watch Raised $7.1M | Co.Design: business + innovation + design

May 05, 2012

“Eric Migicovsky needed money. It was January of 2012, and even though he had a cool idea—a watch that could connect to your iPhone or Android smartphone to display incoming calls, calendar and weather alerts, and email, Twitter, and Facebook messages—no VCs were biting, believing hardware to be too risky of an investment.”

via Kickstarter Advice From The Guy Whose E-Paper Watch Raised $7.1M | Co.Design: business + innovation + design

Curated News - Stand Up for Fitness - NYTimes.com

May 05, 2012

“Equally beguiling, at least for me, since I’m shallow, were results from experiments at the University of Massachusetts showing that when volunteers stood all day — nothing else; no walking or jogging; just standing — they burned hundreds more calories than when they sat for the same period of time.”

via Stand Up for Fitness - NYTimes.com

Curated News - Stand Up for Fitness - NYTimes.com

May 05, 2012

“When the volunteers remained stationary for the full seven hours, their blood sugar spiked and insulin levels were out of whack. But when they broke up the hours with movement, even that short two-minute stroll, their blood sugar levels remained stable. Interestingly, the jogging didn’t improve blood sugar regulation any more than standing and walking did. What was important, the scientists concluded, was simply breaking up the long, interminable hours of sitting.”

via Stand Up for Fitness - NYTimes.com

Curated News - From Brink Of Bankruptcy Towards An IPO - The Evernote Story

May 04, 2012

“At 3AM Libin and the Evernote fan, who happened to be from Sweden, opened up Skype and in 20 minutes the basic details of the agreement were done. Next week, the fan wired $500 000 to Evernote and basically saved the company from bankruptcy.”

via From Brink Of Bankruptcy Towards An IPO - The Evernote Story

Curated News - Apple squared, (four)squared — Tech News and Analysis

May 04, 2012

“Checkins should be implicit for every single purchase made, creating an immediate personal history. And if you haven’t checked in yet, then there should be an option to “explicitly” check in (i.e. broadcast to friends) when you make a purchase. More data means better recommendations, and it also makes additional services possible, not to mention better user modeling for marketing purposes.”

via Apple squared, (four)squared — Tech News and Analysis

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“The idea behind the movement is that, instead of hacking into computers, you hack into your own body – by using smart phones, mobile apps and any number of wireless devices. The goal is to fine-tune and improve your life.”

“The obvious reason why the company is far from ready is tied to their vision: they want to build the second brain of humanity, a place that securely stores everything from your life.”

“Another important decision they made very early on was to put a price on the product. Users could purchase the premium product from very early on that also gave confidence there was something the company was aiming to solve.”

“If you ignore taxes, that’s a salary of around $60,000 annually for someone with little or no work experience in programming.”

“The real test of a cluster ‘catching fire’ is not when it provides local employment,” author Steve Blank (The Startup Owners Manual) wrote in a blog post last year. “But when people from outside the area start coming to work and invest there.”

“At 3AM Libin and the Evernote fan, who happened to be from Sweden, opened up Skype and in 20 minutes the basic details of the agreement were done. Next week, the fan wired $500 000 to Evernote and basically saved the company from bankruptcy.”