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How to organize a hackathon: 6 key tips

Original post by Lyndsey Gilpin via TechRepublic Thinking about organizing a hackathon to power up new innovations? Read these tips to make sure you host a fun, impactful event.  Hackathons have taken the world by storm, happening all over the globe and across many different industries. The events, which typically last between a full day and […]

This 23-Year-Old Built and Sold His Startup While in School – Here’s How He Did It

Original post by First Round Review  From the moment Dan Shipper (on the left, above) stepped foot on the University of Pennsylvania’s campus, he knew he wanted to learn how to build a real software business with paying customers and steady revenue. He passed with flying colors last month when he both graduated from school and sold his company Firefly (the […]

Top Tech Tips: 10 Things The Best Programmers Do

Original post by siliconallee This is a guest post by Ola Pszczoła of netguru. You are an experienced developer, but you want to be great. You’ve worked with a couple of companies and noted that each has its own way and working style. Some companies put value in TDD, while others care about clean code. Then there […]

BIG TV WILL BE WATCHING YOU

By  Hubert Gertis  Somebody knows what you watched last summer. And wants to know what else you did while you were watching. And no, it’s not just the NSA. LG had to admit it: their Smart TVs were getting a bit too clever for their own good. LG collected the viewing habits of LG users and […]

THE FULLY NETWORKED HOME SDK

By  Hubert Gertis  No, your future home isn’t ready yet. But fascinating things are going on. First, we learn about the power of software. In media, we have to deal with two different kind of intangibles: the non-stuff which keeps your silicon  running. And the equally volatile software called programming. Intel, master of all silicon, […]