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The Secret Behind The Silicon Valley Elite's Success: Meditation
There's a growing mindfulness movement in Silicon Valley where major tech companies employ meditation in order to get ahead. Over 1,000 Google employees have gone through the tech giant's internal...
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The Dollar Shave Club Is Moving From YouTube To TV [THE BRIEF]
Good morning, AdLand. Here's what you need to know today:Dollar Shave Club might have started out on YouTube, but the company is now buying TV ads. While VP of consumer marketing Adam Weber told Ad Age...
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OPPENHEIMER: Apple Is 'Treading Water' (AAPL)
Another morning, another analyst cuts Apple's price target. In a note titled, "Treading Water," Oppenheimer analyst Ittai Kidron cut Apple's price target to $460, down from $480. He's cutting his...
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MISERY AT GOOGLE: You'd Never Expect NSFW Graffiti Like This On Google's...
One December day last year, an email went out to a group of Google employees and contractors.The email explained how, just more than a year after Google acquired guidebook company Zagat, the division...
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Another Billion-Dollar Startup, ZocDoc, Collects $55 Million Convertible Debt...
When ZocDoc launched in 2007, even doctors in the founders' immediate families thought the startup would fail.Critics assumed no one would book serious medical appointments online. But today ZocDoc is...
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Facebook Is Injecting Buddhism Into Its Core Business So It Can Be More...
Facebook is experimenting with ways to make the site a little more compassionate. It's no secret that Facebook can serve as a platform for bullying. In fact, cyber bullying occurs on Facebook more than...
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RunKeeper, A Boston Startup With 23 Million Users That Wowed Mark Zuckerberg,...
In Boston, a 40-person startup is wowing Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and holding its own against Nike.RunKeeper was founded in 2007 as a running app that uses a phone's GPS to track a runner's...
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Explanations To 15 Jokes Only Smart People Can Understand
The smarter you are, the more you find funny.So it's no surprise that smart folks from the higher echelons of every discipline have their own in-jokes.But surely their knowledge isn't so specialized...
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This Is What Happens If You Google The Word 'Gay' Right Now
June is Gay Pride Month and Google is celebrating.If you Google the word "Gay" right now, a multicolor banner is emblazoned around the search bar.We first heard about it from BuzzFeed's twitter.Though...
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The Books That Inspired Tech's Most Influential People
What are the books that influenced Steve Jobs, Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk and Bill Gates?The following books shaped tech's most influential people and helped them become the CEOs and global leaders they are...
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Microsoft Made Some BIG Announcements About Windows 8 Today (MSFT)
Microsoft held a huge keynote presentation today at its Build developers conference that covered the future of the Windows ecosystem across PCs, tablets, and smartphones.The biggest news was Windows...
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In 2009 Edward Snowden Said People Who Leak To Journalists 'Should Be Shot In...
In 2009 National Security Agency whistleblower/leaker Edward Snowden (aka TheTrueHOOHA) told a chat room that anonymous sources who leak information to journalists "should be shot in the balls," Joe...
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The Rise of Social TV: How Social Media Is Amplifying TV Advertising
Research has shown that TV-watching and social media usage isn't mutually exclusive. Consumers appear to love using social media while they watch TV. Many discuss what they're watching, and these...
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Pandora Says Pink Floyd Is Lying About Royalty Cut
On Monday, we wrote up Pink Floyd's in-print reunion blasting Pandora's initiative to alter the royalty rate it pays songwriters and accusing the company of sending out misleading information about the...
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I Found Out Just How Tough It Is To Land A Private Jet
Private jet charter company XOJet is serious about training its pilots.They are recruited "from all walks of the industry," Chief Pilot Chris DiCara said in an interview, including international,...
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Why Local-Mobile Marketing Is Exploding
Location-based mobile marketing promises the sky: high conversion rates, surgical targeting, and rich consumer profiles.But does it deliver? According to many accounts, it does.Not surprisingly,...
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Newt Gingrich Is Getting Hooked Up With Google Glass Right Now
Newt Gingrich is getting set up with Google Glass in New York City, right now.Two other people who were at Google's Glass set up in Chelsea, Manhattan tweeted photos of Gingrich getting Glass. If...
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Now Microsoft Has A Pandora-Killer Too (MSFT, P)
Apple unveiled its supposed Pandora killer with the launch of iTunes Radio earlier this month.Now Microsoft is rolling out its own Internet radio service. As part of Windows 8.1, Microsoft's newest...
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Motorola Has A New Logo And It Looks Really Googly (GOOG)
Check out Motorola Mobility's new logo.Just in case you forgot who owns it, the logo now includes the "a Google company" tagline.Join the conversation about this story »
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The Super Secret Startup That's Going To Save Cisco Just Had Its Coming Out...
Insieme Networks, a stealthy startup founded last year by three Cisco execs, inched out of the shadows Wednesday at the Cisco Live customer conference in Orlando, Fla. But anyone expecting details...
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