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Posted Aug 09 2012 by Andrew Richard

Google Tests Adding Gmail To Your Search Results - TechCrunch http://t.co/kg8J0Yyw
Andrew Richard (@biz78)August 08, 2012

Google Tests Adding Gmail To Your Search Results In Field Trial of 1M Users - TechCrunch

Hey, here are some personalized search results that I might actually like. Google has been expanding its Universal Search feature for a while, adding images, news stories, and more to its search results. Today the company announced that it's starting a field trial that will experiment with adding your personal Gmail results as well.

http://buff.ly/MyFVgS

Posted Aug 09 2012 by Andrew Richard

Facebook attempts to minimize mobile risk with new ad unit for app makers | VentureBeat http://t.co/964BztLo
Andrew Richard (@biz78)August 08, 2012

Facebook attempts to minimize mobile risk with new ad unit for app makers

Facebook's mobile risk has turned into an opportunity for application developers. Today, the social network has unveiled a mobile ad unit designed specifically for application makers looking to promote their creations to the 543 million people who access Facebook on mobile each month.

http://buff.ly/OSjQGq

Posted Aug 08 2012 by Andrew Richard

Facebook's engineering boss reveals how the social network uses you to test new features via @verge http://t.co/bbX4mlIe
Andrew Richard (@biz78)August 08, 2012

Facebook's engineering boss reveals how the social network uses you to test new features

Facebook's Director of Engineering Andrew "Boz" Bosworth wasn't trained to "ship early and ship often" - the social network's motto. Bosworth went to Microsoft for a year and a half after college, where he was trained to ship slowly and less frequently.

http://pulse.me/s/c2KqU

Posted Aug 08 2012 by Andrew Richard

Google Knowledge Graph Going Global For English Speakers, Will Appear In Auto-Complete Results via @techcrunch http://t.co/ksz5RLA2
Andrew Richard (@biz78)August 08, 2012

Google Knowledge Graph Going Global For English Speakers, Will Appear In Auto-Complete Results

Google just announced two updates coming tomorrow to the Knowledge Graph feature that it launched in May. The Knowledge Graph is the summary that now appears to the right of your search results. This allows users to see factual summaries related to their search queries (biographies of notable figures, tour dates for musicians, the cast of movies, etc.)

http://pulse.me/s/c2shF

Posted Aug 08 2012 by Andrew Richard

Matt Honan's Hacking Nightmare http://t.co/QO4XYyKn
Andrew Richard (@biz78)August 08, 2012

Hacking Nightmare Comes True: Mat Honan's Story : Discovery News

Hackers can do a lot worse than steal your data and identity. They can wipe your digital life almost entirely so you'll never get it back. Just ask Mat Honan, a writer for Wired who suffered this attack. Friday evening, the San Francisco-based journalist had his iPhone reboot to a setup screen, its storage erased.

http://pulse.me/s/c2j7I

Posted Aug 09 2012 by Andrew Richard

Former Google Executive Dave Girouard Launches Crowdfunding Service Upstart, Raises $1.75M - TechCrunch http://t.co/FS1sc933
Andrew Richard (@biz78)August 08, 2012

Former Google Executive Dave Girouard Launches Crowdfunding Service Upstart, Raises $1.75M - TechCrunch

Dave Girouard, the former president of Google Enterprise, has struck out on his own with a new startup called Upstart, which offers crowdfunding and mentorship tools to help college graduates pursue (in his words) "a more entrepreneurial path."

http://buff.ly/OSAIwK

Posted Aug 09 2012 by Andrew Richard

How to recruit a tech co-founder? http://t.co/eXGhwoI2
Andrew Richard (@biz78)August 08, 2012

Recruiting Technical Co-Founders

Note 1: This piece is the first of three posts I'm going to do over the next couple months on recruiting. This one is obviously on recruiting technical co-founders. The next post will be on recruiting advisors. Note 2: A discussion of this post is going on here.

http://buff.ly/OZOa3J

Posted Aug 08 2012 by Andrew Richard

40% of Top Brands Are on Instagram [REPORT] via @mashable http://t.co/r3bHJxGk
Andrew Richard (@biz78)August 08, 2012

40% of Top Brands Are on Instagram [REPORT]

If you're on the fence about putting your brand onInstagram, consider this: 40% of the top 100 brands are already there, according to new research. Simply Measured looked at the Interbrand Top 100 Global Brands list to determine how many were on the platform already.

http://pulse.me/s/c1YTB

Posted Aug 08 2012 by Andrew Richard

Pivotshare Raises $1 Million To Help Anyone Sell Media Direct To Fans via @techcrunch http://t.co/5Nnmtsj4
Andrew Richard (@biz78)August 08, 2012

Pivotshare Raises $1 Million To Help Anyone Sell Media Direct To Fans

While the technology to sell content directly to consumers has existed for a while, few seemed to take advantage of it. Then something changed: First there was Louis C.K., selling his one-hour special Live At The Beacon Theatre to fans for just $5, DRM-free and all. Then Aziz Ansari followed suit.

http://pulse.me/s/c1AwB

Posted Aug 08 2012 by Andrew Richard

2012 Summer Olympic Games http://t.co/BqRNPCzr
Andrew Richard (@biz78)August 08, 2012

2012 Summer Olympic Games

Our social media coverage of the 2012 Summer Olympic Games in London. Views from the athletes themselves and our coverage. Curated by various news teams: NBC's Owned Television Stations, NBC News social media team, TODAY.com editorial team and the NBC News desk in London.

http://pulse.me/s/by9bp

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