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The 10 best design trends of 2013
ShutterstockThis year renewed our hope in the future of web and mobile design. A handful of services, apps, individuals, and trends showed us a more beautiful, elegant digital world than we’ve ever...
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5 lessons we learned about data science in 2013
gcbb/FlickrMost people know what marketing executives do every day. They try to catch people’s attention through email, ads, tweets, and press releases. As for data scientists, well, their work is not...
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Data scientists work at Starbucks, but they’re not everywhere just yet
WrldVoyagr/FlickrLarge technology companies like Microsoft, Amazon, and Google retain armies of data scientists. Huge quantities of information fly into their data centers, and they need people who can...
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73% of adults used social networks in 2013 (and teens don’t like it)
Use of every major social media site by adults went up in 2013. The Pew Research Center Internet Project released the results of its 2013 social media report today which found that 73% of online...
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Discoverly’s nifty free Chrome extension marries data from Facebook &...
DiscoverlyDiscoverly's team: Doug Molidor, Chris Yuska, Ted Summe, Ryan Dick (L-R)Facebook boasts a wealth of data about your relationships but very little professional information. LinkedIn is just...
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LinkedIn scoops up data-centric rival Bright for $120M
Source: LinkedInBright, a jobs and hiring platform that set out to challenge LinkedIn with its focus on data science, is now a part of the professional social network. As LinkedIn posted its solid...
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LinkedIn aims to ‘focus’ by killing creepy LinkedIn Intro service, SlideCast app
Source: nan palmeroIt turns out not many people were interested in giving LinkedIn unfettered access to their iPhone email. At least, that’s what LinkedIn seems to be implying with its announcement...
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BBM, now with voice and ‘Channels’ support, is BlackBerry’s killer product
Caption: BBM for iOS/Android, now beefed up with Voice and ChannelsSource: BlackBerryBlackBerry announced today that it would be adding Channels and Voice to the iOS and Android versions of its highly...
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Now all LinkedIn members can publish, not just ‘influencers’
Source: Mario Sundar/FlickrLinkedIn is continuing its march from a job and professional reputation site to an all-purpose business news site, with news on Wednesday that it is now opening up its...
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YouTube, Google+, & LinkedIn drive most engaged traffic, Reddit & SU the least
Image Credit: redsoul300Traffic from Reddit and StumbleUpon might make you feel good for a moment, but it’s the web equivalent of junk food. By contrast, visits from YouTube, Google+, and LinkedIn are...
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LinkedIn cofounder joins Earlybird Venture Capital to find next European...
Above: The Earlybird team, pre-GuerickeImage Credit: EarlybirdGerman-born Konstantin Guericke may have cofounded Silicon Valley giant LinkedIn and completed two degrees from Stanford University, but he...
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LinkedIn now shows you jobs open at your own company
Image Credit: nan palmeroYour next dream job could be at your current company. It sounds counterintuitive, but LinkedIn aims to make employees more aware of new opportunities within their companies....
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LinkedIn reaches 300M members, chases the next 3B
Image Credit: nan palmeroLinkedIn, the ubiquitous social network for professionals, has crossed the 300 million member mark, the company announced today. Around 100 million of those folks live in the...
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Evernote and LinkedIn strengthen their partnership to save us from business...
Above: Scanning a business card with Evernote's iPad appImage Credit: EvernoteIt’s 2014 and we still haven’t moved beyond trading tiny paper cards when we meet new people. But an enhanced partnership...
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All-star DataBeat panel: Leveraging behavioral data to drive revenue growth
Image Credit: RobotEconomicsVentureBeat’s DataBeat event is coming up next Monday and Tuesday, May 19-20! We’ve got a monster lineup of 70 top data visionaries, and they’re all coming with brand new...
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10 ways to use your data to make more money (really)
Image Credit: TopTenzAmid all of the hype around “big data,” lots of people are starting to doubt whether there’s any evidence that it’s more than just that — hype. So we set out to find proof of...
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Here’s how LinkedIn knows your company’s budget & who has the corporate card
Above: Simon Zhang, senior director of business analytics at LinkedIn, on-stage at VentureBeat's DataBeat conference Monday.Image Credit: Michael O'Donnell / VentureBeatSAN FRANCISCO– LinkedIn, the...
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Some simple but important reminders on how user analytics can help you make...
Above: Jay Kreps ofLinkedIn, Peter Reinhardt of Segment.io, Graham Tackley of Guardian News & Media, Aber Whitcomb of SGNImage Credit: Michael O'Donnell/VentureBeatIf you can measure it, you can...
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New LinkedIn feature ranks your popularity — just what we all need
Image Credit: nan palmeroIf you’re like me, you burn to know how popular you are on LinkedIn and how you match up, popularity-wise, against your peers. Actually I’ve never wondered this, but LinkedIn...
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LinkedIn clobbers competitors in sales intelligence, new rankings show
Above: A Linked-penWhen you think sales intelligence solutions — data companies that offer names, organizations, and contact information for leads — you typically think of old graybeard companies like...
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