388 lojas online que você deve evitar, segundo o Procon
Maurício Grego, de EXAME.com, abril.com.brVeja a lista das lojas na web de que você deve manter distância para não ser enganado, segundo o Procon Pessoa faz compras onlineGetty ImagesSão Paulo — O Procon de São Paulo mantém, desde 2011, uma lista de lojas de comércio eletrônico qu…
Cientistas criam “pâncreas biônico” controlado por smartphone para tratar de diabetes
Emerson Alecrim, tecnoblog.netPortadores de diabetes tipo 1 precisam lidar com uma rotina muitas vezes sofrível: receber injeções diárias de insulina para controlar os níveis de glicose em seu organismo. Felizmente, há várias pesquisas em andamento que tentam encontrar a cura …
Como evitar brigas entre sócios da sua pequena empresa
Editado por Camila Lam, de EXAME.com, abril.com.brMillor Machado, sócio-fundador da rede social Empreendemia, afirma que estabelecer responsabilidades e prazos claros para cada sócio é essencial
A importância de uma comunicação clara entre os sócios
Escrito por Millor Machado,…
TMI: Your Mood on Facebook Can Affect Your Friends
Alex Magdaleno, mashable.comsocial-media
The Debbie Downers in your Facebook News Feed are messing with your mood.
A team of social scientists from Cornell University, the University of California, San Francisco and Facebook released a study detailing…
Business travel: le previsioni per il 2014
edenredlab.itLa drastica contrazione dei costi che le aziende hanno dovuto sostenere per fronteggiare la crisi economica di questi anni ha inciso profondamente anche sul settore dei viagg …
How India can keep startups from moving to Singapore
Shruti Chakraborty, qz.comMany Indian startups have faced this dilemma at some point—stay home or head for the country top-ranked in “ease of doing business.”
Home, for what it’s worth, ranks 134th on that list, put out by the World Bank.
And so, many leave. In…
Amazon prepara-se para lançar seu próprio smartphone
Anderson Nascimento, xataka.com.brNesta quarta-feira, a Amazon organizará um evento para apresentar um dispositivo, ainda não revelado, mas que deve ser um smartphone com tela 3D que promete revolucionar o mercado. O evento será apresentado pelo diretor-executivo e fundador…
How to Get Into the Nation’s Elite Accelerators
Jason Saltzman, entrepreneur.comI give advice based on what I have learned. I have been self-employed since the age of 17, so as you can imagine I learned a lot. My grandfather always told me, “Wise people learn from their own mistakes, the wisest people learn from other…
Video Compares 5.5-Inch iPhone 6 Model to Samsung Galaxy Note 3
by Husain Sumra, macrumors.comWhile there have been plenty of videos comparing the 4.7-inch version of the iPhone 6 to the Samsung Galaxy S5 and other smartphones, there haven’t been many comparing the 5.5-inch iPhone 6 to other devices.
However, YouTube channel…
Denver Airport -Flight Tracker app review: navigate worldwide airports with easeDenver Airport -Flight Tracker app review: navigate worldwide airports with ease
apppicker.comVoted the Best Airport in America by Business Traveler magazine from 2005-2010, Denver International Airport is the largest by area in the United States, and now you can easily find your way around the terminals with this handy iPhone and iPad app…
O GLOBO, globo.com
RIO — De olho no rápido crescimento do Snapchat, popular app entre jovens que permite a troca de mensagens, imagens e curtos vídeos instantâneos (que são deletados pouco tempo depois de serem recebidos), o Facebook disponibilizou hoje nos Estados…
Laura Schocker, do, abril.com.br
Veja abaixo a verdade assustadora do que pode acontecer com seu corpo quando você dorme menos do que necessita, começando já na primeira noite
Quem não dorme bem se dá mal. Dormir menos que o necessário pode prejudicar você dos pés à cabeça.
D…
Serviço usa reconhecimento facial para encontrar gente parecida com o seu ex
Da redação de Galileu, globo.comEncontre um novo amor (parecido com um que já teve) (Foto: David Amsler/Flickr/Creative Commons) Pense nas últimas pessoas com que teve relacionamentos. Consegue enxergar um padrão físico nelas? Uma nova ferramenta criada com essa intenção defende…
On-Demand Grocery Startup Instacart Raises $44 Million From Andreessen Horowitz
Ryan Lawler, techcrunch.comOn-demand grocery delivery startup Instacart wants to make its service available in every city in the United States. To make that happen, it’s raised $44 million in Series B funding led by Andreessen Horowitz. Along with the funding, a16…
Google Wallet Releases Instant Buy API for iOS
programmableweb.comGoogle has released a new Instant Buy API for iOS. The API enables mobile device users to purchase items with a single click, as opposed to entering account information with each purchase. The A …
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With thousands of retail purchases happening every second, take a glimpse at how the US spends $6.1 million dollars every minute.
Humberto Maia Júnior, EXAME, abril.com.br
Um estudo feito pelo Ipea revela que um terço da desigualdade de renda no Brasil é reflexo da própria ação do governo — e não há Bolsa Família capaz de mudar essa situação
São Paulo - Crítico do Estado como agente planejador da economia, o…
Rian Boden, nfcworld.com
UK-based startup Tap2Tag has introduced a range of NFC wristbands, key fobs, cards and stickers that can be used to instantly retrieve a person’s medical history and associated information in an emergency. Users upload the…Read the rest of…
Top iPad apps gone free for June 19th
apppicker.comIf you are looking for some exciting apps, and you want to take advantage of some great price reductions, then check out our list of the best iPad apps that have just gone free. …Full Article…
Mandic agora quer criar WhatsApp brasileiro
Victor Caputo, de EXAME.com, abril.com.brAleksandar Mandic, um dos pioneiros da internet no Brasil, quer ser o WhatsApp brasileiro e ganhar 1 bilhão de reais com seu app, veja entrevista completa
São Paulo - Aleksandar Mandic é um dos pioneiros da internet no Brasil. Em 1990,…
Uri Levine: o homem que conquistou o mundo com o aplicativo Waze
Da redação de Pequenas Empresas e Grandes Negócios, globo.comUri Levine, um dos fundadores do aplicativo Waze (Foto: Agência Estado)Se não tivesse vocação para ser um empreendedor serial, é provável que o israelense Uri Levine, 49 anos, fosse hoje um milionário colaborador do Google. Mas, depois que o Waze …
Apple Losing Ground in Mobile Payment Market
paymentweek.comApple is huge, but they’re not so huge that they can afford to lose the mobile payment market, which is slated to grow to $721 billion by 2017.
Apple is huge, but they’re not so huge that they can …
Mobile POS (mPOS) at retail delivers numerous benefits, including line-busting, managing showrooming, stimulating add-on sales and ordering out-of-stock items. Plus, mobile devices equip associates to run customer loyalty programs, manage inventor…
Rana Mesbah, ameinfo.com
axiom has become the first mobile phone retailer in the Middle East to offer an innovative credit card on delivery payment option. The region’s largest mobility retailer and distributor, axiom, has partnered with the UAE’s leading financial…
LevelUp merchants get another marketing tool in iBeacon support
theappecosystem.blogspot.comWhen LevelUp hosted an open house last month in its new downtown Boston office, the mobile payment and loyalty provider was in the middle of testing Bluetooth Low Energy technology, speci …
A Microsoft é só um pedaço da vida de Bill Gates. Como já noticiamos recentemente, ele também já investiu US$ 100 mil em um projeto de preservativo revolucionário. Outro investimento da fundação Bill e Gates, menos conhecido, foi feito na pesquisa…
Is There A Startup Incubator Bubble? Not Here
Rebecca Fannin, forbes.comIncubators and accelerators for startups are popping up just about everywhere, it seems, from San Francisco to Shenzhen to Sydney.
The best ones have something special to extra, whether it’s a tech specialty, access to finance or…
When Your Spouse Resents Your Startup
BY Meg Cadoux Hirshberg @meghirshberg, inc.comOne spouse works and pays the bills. The other follows her startup dream. Resentment builds.
"If not now, when?" Amy Evans (who requested her real name not be used) asked herself that question, and her life changed. The attorney and mother …
What Angel Investors Really Want to Know
BY Graham Winfrey @GrahamWinfrey, inc.comYou want to tell them why your idea is brilliant, right? Here’s what investors really want to hear you talk about.
As an angel investor and head of the New York Angels investing group, Brian Cohen has heard every business idea in the book. So…
Começou nesta quinta feira, 19, a promoção de verão do Steam (é verão nos EUA) e, caso você jogue no PC, é recomendável dar olhada no que será oferecido. Os preços especiais seguem até o dia 30 de junho. As promoções do Steam são conhecidas pela…
Grandes redes de varejo investem em lojas e produtos mais sofisticados
Glauce Cavalcanti, globo.comRIO - Às 7h da manhã da última quinta, num feriado de frio e chuva, uma fila se formava no BarraShopping. O motivo era a distribuição de 1.500 senhas para a inauguração da segunda filial da Forever 21 no Rio. A loja abriu as portas às 10h; as dema…
↪ Por que o app Tempo do iOS 8 puxará dados do Weather Channel, e não mais do Yahoo
Rafael Fischmann, macmagazine.com.brPara convencer a Apple a fazer a mudança e tirar o Yahoo do bolo, o Weather Channel adicionou muito mais tecnologia e informação à oferta que não provê ao Yahoo. Isso inclui mais previsões específicas à localização do usuário, uma previsão de nove…
Top iPad apps on sale for June 22nd
apppicker.comIf you are looking for some exciting apps at a great price, then check out our list of the best iPad apps for sale on June 22, 2014. These apps were on sale as of publication but please check their official iTunes page to verify price. …Full…
Loyola vê dois anos de baixo crescimento no Brasil
Da redação de Época Negócios, globo.comGustavo Loyola (Foto: Elza Fiúza/ABr)Descrente na retomada do crescimento econômico brasileiro neste e no próximo ano, o ex-presidente do BC e economista da Tendências Consultoria, Gustavo Loyola, vê 2014 como um ano em que a economia permanecerá…
Sucesso de “Game of Thrones” transforma economia da Irlanda do Norte - Home - iG
ig.com.brRegião, que por décadas foi sinônimo de estagnação econômica e violência, assiste ao renascimento do turismo e à criação de empregos graças à repercussão da série da HBO
Gigantes, dragões e rainhas vin …
Apple Reportedly Hiring Athletes To Test Apple iWatch Fitness Capabilities
Hammad Saleem, geeky-gadgets.comAccording to a new report from 9to5Mac, citing sources familiar with the matter, Apple has teamed up with some professional athletes from MLB, NHL, and NBA to test the Apple iWatch at the company’s Cupertino campus under rigorous training…
Six unbelievable quotes about Yo, the stupid app that raised $1.2M
Dylan Tweney, venturebeat.comCorrection 12:25pm: Yo has over 790,000 users, not 50,000.
Moshe Hogeg is one of the two guys behind the strangely viral, stupidly simple app Yo.
Yo is as primitive of an app as you can imagine: All it does is let you send a…
Brutal Lessons From 4 Failed Startups
John Boitnott, entrepreneur.comWith thousands of startups worldwide building new products, it’s no wonder 75 percent of them fail. It’s actually a good thing because startup birth and death helps the ecosystem overall. Entrepreneurs can learn as much from mistake…
Apple’s crackdown on incentivizing app installs means marketers need new tricks
James Connelly, Fetch, venturebeat.comGUEST POST
Following the initial buzz surrounding Apple’s WWDC event earlier this month, brands and mobile agencies are starting to come to terms with the impact Apple’s significant app store changes could have on them.
One of the…
Africa’s women entrepreneurs take the lead
By RODNEY MUHUMUZA, Associated Press | June 10, 2014, chron.com[…] she runs a catering business that makes a monthly profit of up to $3,000, a source of pride for the 34-year-old single mother who spends her days offering plates of mashed plantain and g …
How I Made It Business Talent Group CEO places experts in short-term jobs
By Ronald D. White, latimes.comThe gig: Jody Greenstone Miller is chief executive of Business Talent Group, a firm that she says is changing the way companies obtain top business talent for consultation and project-based work. Miller’s company, which she…
Who will win the Competitiveness World Cup?
wefmediateam, forumblog.orgThe 2014 FIFA World Cup is being held in Brazil between 12 June and 13 July. The host nation is among the favourites to lift the most coveted trophy in world football, but who would win if points were awarded according to each nation’s…
Marketing Students Create Concept Video for ‘Google Gesture’ App
Katie Nelson, mashable.comtech
Correction: This video was actually created by marketing students at Berghs School of Communication, and is not made by Google, nor is Google Gesture a real service. We updated the story below and apologize for the…
