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People + Packages: The Future of Same-Day Delivery "Why people + packages is a game changer We’ve figured out the fastest and lowest cost same-day delivery approach and it’s a win for e-commerce companies, drivers and riders. Sidecar Deliveries makes the cost of same-day delivery dramatically cheaper for companies who integrate with our API — up to 1/5 the price of traditional shippers and cuts the delivery time in half. This unique combination of people and packages makes shipping so affordable, same-day delivery is now accessible for large and small businesses alike." - Sidecar blog

The biggest risk to you and your company's privacy is your smartphone. Some of the most popular apps on your smartphone ask for permissions that expose data to outside sources. The privacy project asked people on the street to read some of these permissions out loud so they could capture their reactions. Take control of your privacy. Get the facts at http://bit.ly/privacyproject. #privacyproject

Alfred Remote is your personal command centre for Alfred 2 for Mac. Your iPhone or iPad now becomes a perfect day-long companion to your Mac. Use handy icons on iOS to control many Alfred 2 actions on your Mac, replacing your hard-to-remember hotkeys and keywords. Launch apps, files and websites, control your music, keep useful text snippets at hand and boost your productivity by connecting Remote to your favourite Alfred 2 workflows. To use Alfred Remote’s core actions, you’ll need Alfred v2 on your Mac (available for free), and the ability to connect your Mac and iOS device to the same network. To control Alfred 2's Powerpack actions and make the most of Remote, you'll need a Powerpack license for Alfred 2 on your Mac. Read More

As sites like Flickr and Instagram continue to grow their user base, the rich supply of content becomes a powerful asset for potential end users like advertisers and media. A major challenge for industry authorities is determining how to leverage this content while preserving the rights and interests of its creators. Some sites have come under fire for selling user photos without compensation - Flickr recently issued an apology  for its controversial sales through the Flickr Wall Art platform. Others have created opportunity for users to seek out profit - Scoopshot recently launched IAN, the first platform where mobile photographers can earn advertising revenue from ads embedded in their photos. Find out more here .

Dark Deception is back on Kickstarter Help support their quest to build an amazing VR horror experience! Dark Deception has been completely rebuilt and is better than ever. They've added a ton of new features and levels, but they need your help to make sure they can deliver the best experience possible!   Go back them   and help spread the word to other gamers oh and enjoy the nightmares.

In this post I give my last minute "tech" gift suggestions. iPhone 6 Dropcam Pro Manything Smartthings home starter kit Bulletproof Vibe Plate Sonos Hue Lights TRX Nest

Picks of the Week: Where We’re Going Next | Adaptive Path http://bit.ly/1o5ghmF Google hit by more than 144,000 'right to be forgotten' requests http://bit.ly/1stJnfG (Lance Whitney / CNET) Coin vs Plastc vs Final: New credit card concept focuses on security | BGR http://bit.ly/1vWXyJ9 Stalking Greatness: This Cryptocurrency May Save America http://bit.ly/1qmhNew RoomAlive transforms your living room into an interactive video game http://bit.ly/1o5hEBN Google Ordered To Remove 122 Search Results Possibly Damaging Complainer’s Reputations http://bit.ly/1smVa0d (Akky Akimoto / Asiajin) Speed Round: Two Engineers Have Created the Doll Every Young Girl Should Be Playing With - Mic http://bit.ly/1vWVOPZ What to expect at Salesforce.com's Dreamforce pcworld.com/article/282517 … via @pcworld (Chris Kanaracus / PC World) What Everyone's Getting Wrong About Home Automation http://bit.ly/1o5hJp5 49ers Quarterback Colin Kaepernick Flouts Beats Ban, Ge...

Day 1 of the Evernote EC2014 conference brought about several interesting announcements, speakers, food, decor, heat and more. New Web Interface  Augmented Intelligence - Context Presentation Mode WorkChat More Best Speakers of the Day: Adeo Ressi CEO & Co-Founder Founder Institute Carley Knobloch Digital Lifestyle Expert @carleyknobloch Tim Ferriss New York Times Best Selling Author @tferriss

Picks of the Week: Google reportedly wants to boost presence of Google on Android devices | Android and Me http://bit.ly/1ryAFfG Bummed Out Athletes: Steve Ballmer wants Clippers to drop #Apple products sportingnews.com/nba/story/2014… via @sportingnews ( DeAntae Prince / Sporting News) "Comcast says it’s been working too hard on being ‘innovative’ to deliver good customer service" http://bit.ly/1DEh7Lv [Update] Academy of Art Students in an Uproar over Adobe CS6 License Cancellations nerdstalker.com/2014/09/academ… (SocialGreg / Nerd Stalker) Engineer Sees Big Possibilities in Micro-robots, Including Programmable Bees http://bit.ly/1vmqcCW Bendgate continues: iPhone 6, One M8, new Moto X, Lumia 1020 via @androids bit.ly/YgCd1U (Juan Carlos Torres / Android Community) Speed Round: The Ryno, A One-Wheeled, Self-Balancing Electric Scooter via @LaughingSquid bit.ly/1u56vCq (Brian Heater / Laughing Squid) Harvesting electricity from h...

Nerd Stalker Picks of the Week: The Wolf http://randsinrepose.com/archives/the-wolf/ Twitpic Folds After Twitter Threat bit.ly/1pPOXsn (Britt Clark / Socialtimes) Holy Cow: Marc Newson Joining Apple's Design Team! - Core77 http://bit.ly/1lKIg9J My Year with a Distraction-Free iPhone (and How to Start Your Own Experiment) bit.ly/1lvrCuC pic.twitter.com/Zu7bfDTHhM (Jake Knapp / Medium) K480 Keyboard – Multi-Device – Logitech http://bit.ly/1lKIRse Can Printed Electronics Be the Silver Bullet for the Printing Industry? via @nerdstalker http://bit.ly/1ubVduB Speed Round: RunSwift - http://www.runswiftlang.com There Are Now at Least 25 Billion-Dollar Mobile Internet Companies bit.ly/1pzdZ90 pic.twitter.com/xX8gA3lkjX ( John Koetsier, V enture Beat) Rdio announces Version 3 http://is.gd/hBXx7y Intel’s Broadwell chip is getting ready to power next-generation Chromebooks via @gigaom http://bit.ly/1thwP8c (Keven Toefl / GigaOM) Dyson 360 Eye https://www...

Picks of the Week: Mantything https://manything.com/manything/ "Breaking: Art Student Makes Synthetic Leaf, Solves Everything" ( Kat Bauman / core77) bit.ly/1zF4ZXD Let people control the music http://www.tracktl.com/ Google Glass Alert: Potential health risks from wireless radiation bit.ly/1u1MA7g    (Dr. Joel Moskowitz / UC Berkeley) Pinterest Messaging http://about.pinterest.com/en/messages Wikimedia Won't Take Down This Photo Because a Monkey Took It via @Gizmodo feedly.com/e/UOscL8eX ( Ashley Feinberg /Gizmodo) Speed Round: Shazam for mac https://itunes.apple.com/US/app/id897118787?mt=12 The Russian 'hack of the century' doesn't add up (russel Brandon / TheVerge)  bit.ly/1shIEv2 Devices.css http://marvelapp.github.io/devices.css/ Old Frenemies Google and Barnes & Noble Unite to Fight Amazon feedly.com/e/ZYqvzybL ( Issie Lapowsky / Wired)  via @WIRED Dropcam breakdown by AV insider http://is.gd/koYumi ...

Guest Post by Christopher Gil Mission Techie Yaritza opened her weary eyes this morning upon awakening in her Mission District home, the 17-year-old Lowell High senior not sure what her day would bring. She and 18 other Mission Techies, from MEDA’s third cohort of its free young adult program , had been graciously invited to tour the campus of tech giant Facebook. The group MEDA has been guiding on the path to an IT career now had that path extended to the tech hub of Silicon Valley. While it is a mere thirty-mile bus ride from the underserved communities of San Francisco’s southeastern quadrant to the leafy, suburban streets of Menlo Park, Yaritza was aware that a new place awaited. It was time to come face-to-face with that world—a world of high tech, as a group used to getting inside a computer was now being taken inside one of the most powerful companies in the world. “It was like spending a short vacation in a mini-Hollywood.”–Mission Techie Jamar Walker As the bus approached 1...

Nerd Stalker Picks of the Week: Zillow buys Trulia for $3.5B to create an online real estate giant http://is.gd/viIFUn It Looks Like 30 Is the Ceiling for How Many Apps People Use on.wsj.com/1mMUVTA via @WSJ Blockchain Returns to Apple iOS with New Bitcoin Wallet http://bit.ly/1qc1OkL Is YouTube Really Bigger Than Facebook? The Numbers Say Yes via @ReelSEO http://bit.ly/1zoiE5o "Hilton Hotel Guests Will Be Able to Use Smartphones as Keys or to Choose Rooms at Properties World-Wide" http://on.wsj.com/WKpTHe Google Smart Lenses May Treat and Detect Illness via @psfk http://bit.ly/X6HsRu Personal EKSO, an Exoskeleton Designed to Replace the Wheelchair http://bit.ly/1oCL48f Amazon Now Has a Create-Your-Own 3D-Printing Store via @Gizmodo bit.ly/1rRkAkm Speed Round: Yelp Now Lets You Add 12 second Video Reviews http://tnw.co/1tkr25j Samsung indefinitely delays the release of its first Tizen smartphone via @gigaom http://is.gd/yBhbSD EFF asks judge to rule N...

Nerd Stalker Picks of the Week: Video Of The Week: Larry Lessig On MayDay PAC   http://bit.ly/TK67sT What Is Cramming? And Why Did The FTC Say T-Mobile Fraudulently Made Millions From It? businessinsider.com/ftc-carrier-cr… via @SAI (Steve Kovach / Business Insider) Amazon enters retail top 10   http://bit.ly/1q5wnbW VMware Declares That Windows Reign 'Is Coming To An End' ... And The Mac Is Taking Over feedly.com/e/9PTVavXF via @SAI (Julia Bort / Business Insider) Why Windows Phone cannot rebound   http://bit.ly/1od3qcW http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2679115/Facebook-finally-apologises-secretly-manipulating-nearly-1m-peoples-accounts-huge-psychology-experiment.htm l  (Jennifer Newton | DailyMail UK) Bitcoin may have finally reached a tipping point http://bit.ly/1m3nPDk A Guest post by Mike Wade of IMD on Amazon's Fire via @nerdstalker lnkd.in/btuFBpp | Why The #Amazon Fire Phone Could Be A #Smartphone Game Change...

Lynda.com announces the new title, "Migrating from Flash to Edge Animate" by Jake Stroh. In this interview we talk to Jake about the title, working with Lynda, his other work and more.

Here's are Nerd Stalker picks of the week: In a stunning verdict, the Supreme Court has tossed out a patent because it is a software patent" http://t.co/NXC0ui5o8Y   Harley-Davidson’s First Electric Motorcycle Surprisingly Doesn’t Suck http://www.wired.com/2014/06/harley-davidson-livewire/ (Alex Davies / Wired)  Former FCC commissioner to Washington: "You should be ashamed of yourself"   http://t.co/S36s2G5fkA Adobe's Big Plan To Infiltrate Your Creative Apps via @FastCoDesign   bit.ly/UQ2kf3 (Mark Wilson / FastCoDesign) Al Gore Tells Techpreneurs Some Truths They May Not Want to Hear About Inequality http://t.co/asimao4pTW The Electronic Frontier Foundation Wants You To Make Your Router Public http://buff.ly/1nTA3Oi (Micah Singleton / Gizmodo) 

Guest Post by Christopher Gil Google & Client Blog “These technologies can make life easier, can let us touch people we might not otherwise.” So said the late Apple visionary and driving force, Steve Jobs. Yet a walk down one of the main drags of San Francisco’s Mission District reveals two worlds attempting to coexist. At 24th and Valencia, scores of young tech workers clutch strongly brewed coffees as they wait for the bus to take them to the Silicon Valley offices where the world’s next great thing is being developed. Few conversations are had, with most focused on answering their twentieth text on an already-overworked smartphone, even though it’s just 8am. A short two blocks away on the corner of 22nd Street, a line just as long has formed at the neighborhood Social Security office. A disheveled woman in a wheelchair fronts the queue, already clutching the pen she’ll need to fill out the reams of paperwork that can possibly garner enough federal funds to keep her–one of...