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Teach What You Know: How to Make a Living on SkillshareNate Cooper is an independent academic and co-organizer of Reboot Workshop, an un-conference for nontraditional workers. Skillshare is a platform for instructor-led, in-person classes. You can search for classes to take or propose to teach a class topic. As the name implies, Skillshare is a comm... Online Ad Spending to Surpass Print for First Time in 2012 [STUDY]For the first time in U.S. history, marketers are projected to spend more on online advertising than on advertising in print magazines and newspapers. According to a study released Thursday by eMarketer, online advertising is expected to generate $39.5 billion in sales this year — a 23.3% i... Is it Time for Apple to Get Social?Jennifer Burnham is director of social and content strategy at Salesforce. Connect with Jennifer at @jennydburnham. Over the past decade, many have pondered Appleās closed-door, top-down culture, and now with the passing of its CEO, Steve Jobs, some speculate whether that culture will continue.... Apple Patents Design for Wearable Tech [VIDEO]Think Nike+, but not just for sneakers — for shirts, sweatpants, skates or skis. That’s the future of wearable tech, or “smart garments,” envisioned by an Apple patent approved this week. The patent indicates that we can probably expect the Nike+ line to expand t... Social Media Campaign Finds Tech Entrepreneur a Bone Marrow DonorAmit Gupta, founder of photo-resource Photojojo and telecommuters social network Jelly, successfully found his perfect bone marrow match through an online-supported search that included several social media campaigns coordinated by friends. The 32-year-old tech entrepreneur who was diagnosed wit... Priceline to Drop William Shatner From Ads After 14 YearsWilliam Shatner‘s 14-year mission with Priceline has come to a close. The actor, best known as Capt. James T. Kirk, the commander of Star Trek, will go out with a bang. His final ad with the company, set to air Monday, will show Shatner rescuing vacationers on a bus hanging on a bridge̵... Foursquare Will Bring 250,000 Restaurant Menus to Your PhoneCheck-in enthusiasts can embrace creative eating (read: eat something other than lunchtime burritos) thanks to a new integration of SinglePlatform to the Foursquare mobile app and Foursquare Explore, the location service’s desktop app. SinglePlatform is a start-up that helps local businesse... Google+ Now Lets You Share Straight From Search ResultsGoogle just beefed up the search capabilities on Google+ to allow users to start conversations directly from search results. The change makes it easier for Plusers to join or start discussions on specific topics. For example, if you were to search for “coffee” and then decided to make... Rockstar Games Delays Max Payne 3 Release Until MayEager gamers will have to wait until May before getting their hands on the new dark and gritty third-shooter game Max Payne 3. The Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 game will hit U.S. shelves on May 15 and May 18 in Europe. Fans will have to wait even longer for the PC version that lets out on May 29 i... Nike Unveils FuelBand for Tracking All Physical ActivityNike has unveiled the Nike+ FuelBand, a product that fits around your wrist and aims to provide a common metric for tracking all physical activities. Building on Nike+, a product that the company launched in 2006 for runners, the FuelBand tracks what the company calls NikeFuel, which lets people ... |