5 Most Interesting Things Tumblr's David Karp Told the New York Times

The Web platform's 26-year-old founder is the subject of a big profile in this weekend's Times Magazine. Michael Lewis David Karp, Tumblr's 26-year-old founder, is a high school dropout, an interface whiz ... and CEO of a company with 100 employees and $125 million in funding.

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Design Is Everybody's Business | denise lee yohn: brand as business bites™

It's no surprise that the company behind the much-praised Aeron chair - Herman Miller - would embrace a compelling design ethos. The exquisitely-designed chair is featured in the Museum of Modern Art's permanent collection, after all. And yet, I was captivated by a recent presentation by the company's director of insight and exploration, Gretchen Gscheidle.

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Kickstarter Spotlight: A MicroSD card adapter for Apple laptops, a video game console, and a wireless posture sensor - TechHive Beta Blog

Kickstarter is changing the way tech products get made, but it's hard to tell which projects are worth backing. For every sure-fire hit, there are dozens of flawed ideas and inexperienced teams. Our Kickstarter Spotlight series highlights a few projects worth checking out, and gives you an idea how they might turn out.]

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Enter the accelerator. Seven Wayra London Academy teams discuss their first weeks

Getting any startup off the ground is no mean feat so bagging a place on an accelerator is a neat way to speed up the process and gather skills in a nurturing environment. As we reported last month, Wayra, the technology accelerator of O2's parent company, Telefónica, took on 16 startups for incubation.

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Ultrabooks: Repeating the Mazda mistake, or why Surface Tablets are just the start

Intel made a big bet on a changing PC market that hasn't paid off - although there are options for salvaging their investment. Intel bet heavily on Ultrabooks but recent numbers suggest this class of product is underperforming while MacBooks and iPads sell just fine.

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