MIT Technology Review: Ask Ariel Diaz why he’s taking on the college textbook industry and he’ll tell you, “Quaternions.” Quaternions are a number system used for calculating three-dimensional motion, popular in computer graphics. And Diaz needed a crash course to help him with a consulting gig after his online video platform startup, Youcastr, had failed. […]
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There are many reasons why a loved one may not be nearby to read a bedtime story to a child, but one company is making it easier for them to reconnect in a special way. Be There Bedtime Stories was founded by Alison Sansone, a dedicated aunt. She wanted a fun way to keep in
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How much are used ebooks worth? The NY Times predicts that soon the price will approach a penny, just as soon as Amazon sets up a way to buy and sell used digital products: In late January, Amazon received a patent to set up an exchange for all sorts of digital material. The retailer would
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Have you ever wondered what new, fun activities are happening in your neighborhood that your kids would enjoy? Or do you know what is going on but wish to share it with others in a new way? Then Macaroni Kid is your new friend. While they’re not quite available in all 50 states yet, I
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Used books don’t go away once they’ve been read once. They stick around for a long, long time and can make you lots of money.
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If you think you’ve had your fair share of failures and bad luck in life then think again as you meet Simon Jameson – an entrepreneur that has not only failed once in business, but 10 times. “I have not failed. I have just found 10,000 ways that won’t work” – Thomas A.Edison Launched this
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LA Times: In a sewer beneath Las Vegas, a lethal vixen named Abigail is locked in a mortal struggle an outlaw cowboy with ties to Greek gods. The scene, recently filmed over three days on a sound stage in Glendale, wasn’t for a new sci-fi TV series or movie. It was for a 30-second commercial
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Edweek: If the chart above appears only to be a mess of undecipherable bubbles, look more closely. The man who prepared it, Robert Lytle, a head of Parthenon Group’s Education Center of Excellence, sees a business opportunity. I’ll explain. The chart shows all 50 states plotted based on two factors: the state’s change in per-student
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At a small bookstore in New York City, if you’ve seen one book, you’ve seen them all, because the shop only sells one book, Martian Summer: Robot Arms, Cowboy Spacemen, and My 90 Days With the Phoenix Mars Mission. The author rented the small retail space to promote his book for a few weeks. The
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Computer engineers and computer scientists have been one of the hardest hit professions in this economic slump. For all their technical prowess, their jobless rates climbed quickly early in the recession compared to other professionals, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. But interestingly, while the computer geeks were losing jobs, science fiction novels were
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