Monthly Archives: December 2011
Beyond Oblivion Music Startup Shuts Down
Beyond Oblivion was preparing to launch in 2012, but ended up shutting down instead before they had even launched their product. Beyond Oblivion was planning on launching an unlimited music service called Boinc. Users would get unlimited streaming and downloading access through the Boinc music library for a lifetime with the device that you would have to buy along with the service. Social music and sharing features would be included as well. Why did the company shut down? Possibly because of their inability to negotiate music labels for licensing deals. The company had raised over $87 million in funding since being founded in 2008. [TheNextWeb]
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135 Creative and Unconventional Resumes That Easily Get Attention
The world population number has hit 7 billion recently, which means that competition over jobs is becoming extremely competitive. Every day there are hundreds of thousands of people applying for jobs and a majority of them use some sort of template. Sometimes you need a resume that stands out to get an awesome job. Below are 135 examples of creative resumes (please leave a comment if I missed any that you know of).
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Categories Infographics, Lists
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Jonathan Ive Awarded With Knighthood
Jonathan “Jony” Ive is one of the most powerful employees at Apple. He is the SVP of Industrial Design and has been credited for being the lead designer of the iMac, G4, G4 Cube, MacBook, MacBook Pro, MacBook Air, iPod, iPhone, and iPad. Ive was born in Chingford, London in 1967 and studied Industrial Design at Northumbria University. According to the BBC, Ive has been granted knighthood in the United Kingdom in the New Year Honours List giving him the official title of Sir Jonathan Ive. Ive’s official title is a Knight Commander of the British Empire.
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Nintendo and Sony No Longer On List Of Companies That Support SOPA
The list of supporters (PDF) of the Stop Online Pirate Act (SOPA) has been updated. it appears that Sony and Nintendo have both dropped out, which indicates that they are not directly in support of the bill as a company any more. Both of these companies were endorsing the bill back in November. Likely the two companies saw the outrage that Internet advocates have made about the bill and decided to no longer be associated with SOPA. [Electronista]
Categories Nintendo, Sony Corporation
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Fake Siri App Gets Added To Android
A company called Official App has added an app to the Android Market called Siri for Android. The funny thing about this app is that it simply opens the “Google Voice Actions” app within Android. Clearly this is a gag app and fortunately it is free. This app has been installed on between 1,000-5,000 phones. I doubt Google will remove the app since this is the type of thing an Android owner can use to show off if an iPhone 4S owner says “Look my phone has Siri!” [The Next Web]
Categories Android, Google Android, Siri
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FCC Investigating Verizon For $2 Fee
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is investigating the $2 fee that Verizon Wireless will be charging consumers for “convenience.” Verizon was planning on setting up this fee on January 15th to charge people who would be paying for their bill with a credit card through their phone. “On behalf of American consumers, we’re concerned about Verizon’s actions and are looking into the matter,” stated the FCC. [New York Times]
The Sexual Harassment Letter That Got Mark Hurd Fired
This past August former HP CEO Mark Hurd stepped down from the company after he was caught sending a sexual harassment letter. Hurd had a personal relationship with contractor Jodie Fisher, who had worked at HP as a greeter and hostess at company events. Hurd currently works at Oracle Corporation as a co-president and Meg Whitman has replaced him at Hewlett Packard. AllThingsD got their hands on the letter that attorney Gloria Allred wrote to Hurd on behalf of Jodie Fisher. I have embedded the letter below.
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Symbian Finished 2011 Stronger Than It Started This Past Year
Symbian, the mobile operating system that is currently maintained by Accenture, had actually finished 2011 stronger than it started in the past year. Symbian is still the number one mobile operating system, which is ahead of Android, iOS, BlackBerry, etc. Below is a chart that tracks the figures of the mobile operating system market share put together by Pingdom.
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GoDaddy.com Avoids Boycott And Stops Supporting SOPA Completely
Domain name registration and hosting company GoDaddy.com has been able to avoid a backlash for previously supporting the SOPA bill. Yesterday GoDaddy.com declared their full opposition to SOPA after there was an online uprising call-for-action that declared that December 29th should be “Leave GoDaddy Day.” GoDaddy CEO Warren Adelman issued an apology on Thursday night, which emphasized the company’s new opposition. This is what Adelman had to say about the issue:
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Categories GoDaddy.com, Warren Adelman
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WATCH: Angry Birds Gingerbread House
Check out this home-made Angry Birds level made out of gingerbread. The birds and the pigs are made out of marzipan. Projects like these really showcase how much passion people have for Rovio’s Angry Birds brand.
Categories Angry Birds, Rovio
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