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nycedc:

This past Saturday, NYC tech supporters gathered at Industry City for NYC BigApps’ first-ever Block Party. A celebration of civic tech and innovation, the party showcased tech demos, pitches, food, live music, and more! Thanks to HR&A, our esteemed panel of judges, and all who came out to support.

Check out some of the photos on Flickr.

fastcompany:

A look at the six most popular newsletters on TinyLetter and what they’re doing right.

So you want to start a newsletter. The medium is having a moment, a phenomenon even the New York Times‘ esteemed media critic has noticed. The time to jump on the bandwagon, before brands take over and ruin everything, is now.

But how? Fast Company spoke with TinyLetter, the platform of choice for newsletter writers, about what aspiring email tycoons can learn from its most popular emailers.

These are the six most popular and influential personal newsletters, in no particular order, according to TinyLetter’s internal numbers.

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crowdcurator:

Blink

Blink is simply too good to be true. And while it’s not unusual for a crowd funded product to make enormous claims and under deliver, Blink earns a feature just because we want so desperately for it to deliver on what it promises.

Blink is a wireless home security system that has some serious appeal to it. It will ultimately provide live HD video streaming, temperature sensors, night vision, motion detection and more, and all without a monthly fee. But it’s the supposed 1 year battery life that’s raising the most eye brows in the comments section.

No firm answers on Nest or HomeKit support, but the creators talk of IFTTT integration after launch.

Back on Kickstarter

thinkvr:

The Future of Big Data in Marketing Looks Bright
By Mary Velan, Published July 8, 2014, business2community.com

Big Data: the term on every­body’s lips the last few years. It can be described as the lat­est tech­nolo­gies gen­er­at­ing mas­sive vol­umes of infor­ma­tion to pro­vide deep­er insight into mar­ket …

georgianadesign:

B Five Studio in Westchester county, NY. Elle Decor.

thisistheverge:

The year’s best drone photography, from eagles to fireworks
Aerial photo site Dronestagram picks its 2014 winners

searchengineland:

Study: Why, When & How Often Google Indexes Individual Tweets

searchengineland:

How To Integrate SEO Ranking Tools With Analytics Tools

fastcompany:

According to ESPN, there were 1.7 million concurrent streams on its WatchESPN service. That crushes the previous high of 750,000 concurrent streams set by last week’s match between Mexico and Brazil.

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newsweek:

The Legend of Les Elephants

Since 2006, Ivory Coast has been known as the soccer team that helped end a civil war. A trip to Abidjan reveals that the story is far more complex.

The Legend of Les Elephants «

airows:

(via Cool Office: Parliament Design « Airows)

theretrospectofhiphop:

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