Day: June 19, 2014

Automotive Business Culture

This is Harley-Davidson’s first electric motorcycle

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As reported on The Verge. By Aaron Souppouris Meet Project LiveWire America’s foremost bike manufacturer is leaving a century of tradition behind with the all-electric Project LiveWire, and it’s inviting the public to help test it. While the company is being coy with details on the bike, it says LiveWire offers “tire-shredding acceleration and an unmissable new sound,” and is capable of hitting 0-60 in less than four seconds. LiveWire is not for sale, and is instead…

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Application

LinkedIn Launches Its First Standalone Job Search App

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As reported on TechCrunch. by Ingrid Lunden LinkedIn says that today 40% of its 300 million users access the site on mobile devices, so its bid to tap into the wave of users accessing the site via smartphones and tablets continues apace: today the company is launching LinkedIn Job Search, an iOS app that will let people search and apply for jobs on the social network. This is LinkedIn’s first standalone app dedicated to these features. The app is now live in the…

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Business IT

Puppet Labs Raises $40M More To Take Its IT Automation Business Global

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As reported on TechCrunch. by Ingrid Lunden Puppet Labs, whose IT automation software is used by the likes of Google, Twitter, Salesforce and AT&T among 18,000 others, is today announcing another $40 million in venture backing, money that it will be investing in “engineering, product and international expansion,” CEO and founder Luke Kanies tells TechCrunch. The funding, which comes from Puppet Labs’ existing top-shelf and strategic investors — specifically Cisco, Google Ventures, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Triangle…

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Culture Hardware Dev

Ambient glasses put smartphone notifications right in front of your eyes

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As reported on Engadget. BY MAT SMITH Still not sold on smartwatches, but want to know what’s going on with your phone without taking it out of your pocket? Maybe Matilde’s Fun-iki glasses, spotted at CNET Japan’s Live 2014 event, will do the trick. Connecting to smartphones through WiFi, a trio of LEDs above each lens will glow (or pulse) when there’s a notification, or simply to add a little, er, color to your complexion. The lights…

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Business Mobile

BlackBerry steadies the ship but smartphone sales continue to evaporate

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As reported on Engadget. BY MATT BRIAN  BlackBerry’s plan to cut costs and shift to services is starting to pay dividends. While the company’s latest financial earnings report shows it’s still suffering losses, they aren’t as bad as expected. It certainly wasn’t thanks to its smartphones, which were once BlackBerry’s main source of revenue, as they fell to just 2.6 million units from 3.4 million in the last quarter. This time around, the Canadian smartphone maker didn’t divulge how…

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