Tuesday, January 7, 2014

Top Stories of the Day // January 7, 2014

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Today's Top Stories // Jan 7, 2014

Michael Bay Joins Tom Hanks, Lady Gaga And Dr. Dre In Memorable CES WTF Moments

As if an overhyped summer blockbuster, Michael Bay just flopped his CES 2014 debut. But it seemingly wasn't his fault. The famed director was part of Samsung's... read more

Valve Unveils Lineup Of 13 Steam Machines From Partners Including Alienware

Valve Software's Steam Machine seems to be moving towards becoming a real consumer product — today at the Consumer Electronics Show, the company officially... read more

Sony Doubles Down On Wearable Tech With The Life-Tracking ‘Core’

LG played up its push into wearable tech earlier this morning, and now it looks like Sony's turn to do the same. Sony Mobile president and CEO Kuni Suzuki took... read more

Prim Laundry Startup Throws In The Towel

Sometimes "the future" just isn't financially viable. Y Combinator-backed door-to-door laundry service Prim is shutting down. The startup just emailed customers... read more

Samsung Addresses Investor Fears And Growth Opportunity At CES 2014

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Apple: $10B In App Store Sales In 2013, $15B Paid Out To Developers To Date

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Mayor Lee Plans To Charge Tech Companies ~$100K A Year For Shuttles Using SF Bus Stops

San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee has just proposed to charge tech companies whose commuter shuttles stop at public MUNI bus stops. The plan, laid out at a press... read more

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Hands On With The Xperia Z1S, And The Water Salad Test

The Z1S is a brand new Sony Xperia smartphone the company unveiled at CES 2014. It has the same 5-inch screen as... read more

CrunchWeek 2013 In Review, Part 2: Twitter's Big IPO, And Tech's Rising Stars

The first full business week of 2014 is about to get underway. But before we jump into that, CrunchWeek is taking... read more

Gillmor Gang: Competitive Blocking

The Gillmor Gang — Robert Scoble, Keith Teare, Kevin Marks, and Steve Gillmor — ring in the New Year in celebration... read more

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Monday, January 6, 2014

Top Stories of the Day // January 6, 2014

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Today's Top Stories // Jan 6, 2014

Bitcoin’s Future Foretold By Developer Momentum

If you think developers predict the future then there is more reason to believe that Bitcoin is the real deal. The crypto currency is a hit with developers,... read more

Facebook Without The Cool Kids

It's not just an attractive advertising demographic that Facebook is losing as teens take their mercurial attention elsewhere in sullen search of what's cool.... read more

Orbotix Announces The $99 Sphero 2B, A New Super-Fast, Programmable Robot

Sphero, as the name implies, was a robotic sphere. Now Orbotix, the makers of this beloved ball, have decided to elongate the it into a tube (a cylinder,... read more

iPhone Sees Ongoing Yearly Marketshare Decline As Apple Battles “Resurgent” Rivals, Says Kantar

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DJI’s Phantom 2 Vision Makes Aerial Photography Easy

The advent of affordable quadcopters has made aerial photography accessible for almost anybody. Getting really good results still often takes a bit more than... read more

Google Announces Open Automotive Alliance To Drive Android Into Connected Cars

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Mysterious Computer Chip Crop Circle Is An Nvidia CES Publicity Stunt [Update: Confirmed]

An intricate crop circle recently cut into a field two hours south of San Francisco baffled onlookers and spawned crackpot theories that aliens were... read more

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CrunchWeek 2013 In Review, Part 2: Twitter's Big IPO, And Tech's Rising Stars

The first full business week of 2014 is about to get underway. But before we jump into that, CrunchWeek is taking... read more

Gillmor Gang: Competitive Blocking

The Gillmor Gang — Robert Scoble, Keith Teare, Kevin Marks, and Steve Gillmor — ring in the New Year in celebration... read more

Ask A VC: Revolution Ventures' David Golden's Predictions For 2014

In this week's Ask A VC, we sat down with Revolution Ventures' David Golden to talk about the IPO market, and his... read more

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Sunday, January 5, 2014

Top Stories of the Day // January 5, 2014

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Today's Top Stories // Jan 5, 2014

Apple Acquires Rapid-Fire Camera App Developer SnappyLabs

Apple has acquired the one-man photo technology startup SnappyLabs, maker of SnappyCam, TechCrunch has learned. The startup was founded and run solely by John... read more

Silicon Valley Lost, And Found

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Why Startups Hire Their Own Lawyers

Airbnb challenged local hotel zoning laws, Uber took on taxi licensing requirements, and Pinterest built a business around posting copyrighted images. Startup... read more

Google Puts Rap Genius Back Atop Searches, Favoring Smart Results Over Holding A Grudge

Google apparently cares more about giving the best search results than punishing spammers, as it's returning lyrics site Rap Genius to its high rankings for... read more

Square And Griffin Debut An Integrated Merchant Case And Holder For iPhones And Readers, Will Create More Accessories For Sellers

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Obamacare Removes Barriers For Women, Latino Entrepreneurs

Two months ago Luz Rivas walked away from her job to work full-time on her startup, DIY Girls. As the founder and executive director of the group that is... read more

BitSpin, Developers Of The Timely Alarm Clock For Android, Join Google

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Gillmor Gang: Competitive Blocking

The Gillmor Gang — Robert Scoble, Keith Teare, Kevin Marks, and Steve Gillmor — ring in the New Year in celebration... read more

Ask A VC: Revolution Ventures' David Golden's Predictions For 2014

In this week's Ask A VC, we sat down with Revolution Ventures' David Golden to talk about the IPO market, and his... read more

Keen On… The 2013 Debacle: Why Gavin Newsom Says The Government Is On A Collision Course With The Future

It may be the holiday season, but Gavin Newsom, California's tech savvy Lieutenant Governor, is as mad as hell.... read more

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Saturday, January 4, 2014

Top Stories of the Day // January 4, 2014

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Today's Top Stories // Jan 4, 2014

Forget Mega-Corporations, Here’s The Mega-Network

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Tactus Raises Series B To Help Bring Its Disappearing Touchscreen Keyboard To Market

There were plenty of media darlings at last year's CES, but few tickled people's fancies the way that Tactus and its amazing appearing tablet keyboard did.... read more

Zynga Links Up With Bitpay For A Bitcoin Payment Test In FarmVille 2, CityVille And Other Web Games

Some new ground broken in the world of Bitcoin: gaming giant Zynga has started to accept the cryptocurrency as a payment option for those buying tokens for... read more

Yahoo Sports Gets iOS 7 Redesign, Awesome Gif Creation Tool For Sharing ‘Big 4′ Sports Moments

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BlackBerry Files Lawsuit Against Seacrest’s Typo Keyboard Startup For Infringement

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Ask A VC: Revolution Ventures’ David Golden’s Predictions For 2014

In this week's Ask A VC, we sat down with Revolution Ventures' David Golden to talk about the IPO market, and his predictions for 2014. read more

Publish And Perish? What To Do With That Book Inside Of You

When people tell me they have a book inside of them -- which actually happens quite a lot, probably because I've been fortunate enough to have had a clutch of... read more

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Ask A VC: Revolution Ventures' David Golden's Predictions For 2014

In this week's Ask A VC, we sat down with Revolution Ventures' David Golden to talk about the IPO market, and his... read more

Keen On… The 2013 Debacle: Why Gavin Newsom Says The Government Is On A Collision Course With The Future

It may be the holiday season, but Gavin Newsom, California's tech savvy Lieutenant Governor, is as mad as hell.... read more

CrunchWeek 2013 In Review: Bitcoin's Big Rise, Edward Snowden And The NSA

It's the end of the year, which is always a time for reflection -- auld lang syne and all that jazz. So for the... read more

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Friday, January 3, 2014

Email tip from a marketing genius..

Lately I've been studying a true marketing genius:
 
David Ogilvy. 
 
Ogilvy was an advertising executive and is often referred to as the "Father of Advertising". During his time as a copywriter he created some of the most successful marketing campaigns in the world. 
 
Anyway, I really like what he said about writing.
 
"Do not ... address your readers as though they were gathered together in a stadium. When people read your copy, they are alone. Pretend you are writing to each of them a letter ... "
 
This is so true.
 
ESPECIALLY when it comes to email. 
 
Change this ONE thing in the emails you send out to your subscribers and you'll see a dramatic difference in response. 
 
(all positive of course)
 
... no one wants to get emails from big companies with zero personality. 
 
All that people want are solutions to their problems - and this is what your product or service can offer them. 
 
For the "how to's" of writing these high response emails check out Phase 3 of Epic Marketing - where I show you the 6 ways I write emails fast. 
 
They're also fun to write when you understand the basics ... AND they're profitable, too. 
 
All the details at: http://epic.inboundpro.net
 
Have a great weekend,
Hector
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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