Accelerometer, Tessel, Dog, And Text Message

Have you ever wondered how long your dog sleeps while you?re away at work? I have. As a hacker this seemed like the perfect excuse to strap a microcontroller to my dog, Gif, and see if I could find out. To make it a little more fun I thought I could have it text me when Gif wakes up to let me know h…

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Social Media, Respondents, CMO Survey Respondents, And Online Customer Data

Social media spending is increasing, but chief marketers are finding it difficult to prove the impact of those expenditures, a study finds.
Marketing leaders are giving a larger slice of their budget to social media. But the results aren’t always filling, according to the August 2014 edition of The …

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Wearable Devices, Smart Wearable Devices, Certain Wearable Devices, And Smart Wearables Market

The idea of wearable technology as a mass market category is relatively new and still quite volatile — where the expectations of change are very high. Moreover, some analysts say that user demand in the wearables market has already arrived, despite the relatively low adoption rates.

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Women, People, Industry, And Social Media

A lot of my life’s work has been focused on increasing the visibility of women and other minorities in male-dominated professional fields. I’m not here to give you an intersectional Feminism 101 lesson or explain to you that institutional sexism is indeed alive and systemically present in online …

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Bay Area, Percent Month-over-month Growth, San Francisco Bay, And Creative Spaces

Airbnb has built a huge platform that allows users to rent out their rooms and homes to people looking for a place to stay. But what about when businesses want to find interesting spots to hold meetings, brainstorming sessions, or team offsites? For that, they have a new startup called PeerSpace….

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