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Samsung teases Galaxy Note II for August 29 Mobile Unpacked event in Berlin (video)

Original post by Rajat Agrawal  via BGR Samsung today released the first teaser video for its August 29 Mobile Unpacked event in Berlin. The video shows glimpses of what seems to be a smartphone with a stylus or what could eventually be unveiled as the Galaxy Note II. The video also drops hints like “all the […]

Jeremy Hunt pledges fastest broadband network in Europe by 2015

Jeremy Hunt pledges fastest broadband network in Europe by 2015

Original post by Juliette Garside via guardian Jeremy Hunt has pledged to give creative industries a shot in the arm by ensuring Britain has the fastest broadband network of any major European country by 2015. The culture secretary’s commitment marks a firming up of the government’s original target to create the best superfast broadband network in Europe by the end of […]

By 2014, Most Companies Will Turn Everyday Tasks Into Games To Make Employees Work Harder

Original post by Max Nisen via BI A new report in the Deloitte Review shows how companies are already using gamification to motivate employees and attract consumers. One company, Opower, seeks to make using less energy something that’s social and easy to do. They do it by producing home energy reports that show how much more or less power you […]

New York City-based Startup Wantworthy Raises $1M in Seed Funding

New York City-based Startup Wantworthy Raises $1M in Seed Funding

Original post by Lolita A. Alford via FashInvest Site Strives to Make Bigger Vision a Reality Wantworthy, a New York-based startup has just raised a $1 million in seed funding. Unlike many other sites, Wantworthy lets you keep track of everything you want. You can save products from any site as you’re shopping online and come back to […]

Vote Hudl, LockPath, MindMixer or RareWire for B2B Startup of the Year

Vote Hudl, LockPath, MindMixer or RareWire for B2B Startup of the Year

Original post by DANNY SCHREIBER via  Silicon Prairie news Our four B2B Startup of the Year finalists have clients that range from city halls to NFL teams. But whether their users were analyzing a new city project or the most recent game film, these startups all took pages out of the right playbook, as each […]