Rdigitalife: Jeff Howe on Crowdsourcing

a journalist and a professor at Northeastern University. Howe coined the term crowdsourcing, authoring a book by that title. Here, he talks about how crowdsourcing on the Internet created a new economy for people of like minds and interests, where things like karma and reputation begin to actually account for something.



Accelerated: TechStars harnesses the power of mentorship

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Apple event launches iPads, iMacs, and MacBooks to steal Microsoft’s Windows 8 thunder

rosoft Surface tablet launching on Friday alongside Windows 8, Apple wanted to make sure consumers still had the iPad at top of mind. Upgrading the big iPad to be faster will make those who were looking at the Surface as a productivity tool think twice about experimenting on an untested platform. For those who feel like the Surface is just too big and expensive, the iPad mini offers quite respectable power in a neat form factor that doesn’t feel too reduced. The Surface with Windows RT pricing starts at $499.



Nokia ac 8u high efficiency wall charger bulk packaging Wired Magazine’s iPad edition on pace to outsell print edition

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‘Put away the cozy image of the little old lady knitting a sweater for the grandkids’

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Rdigitalife: Jesse Hirsh on the rise of new digital currencies

is the Co-Founder of The Academy of the Impossible and President of Metaviews.ca. In talking about the rise of new digital currencies, Hirsh explains what Bitcoin is, and how it could change the old economic system based on the idea of the nation state, for good. He says that the nation state is a relic of a past time... But the internet is now. And the idea of digital currency is the idea of value that is rooted in the present empire.



Toronto’s startup success celebrated too early

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How to choose the right Certificate Authority for your Web site

nd your private information or banking details to someone on the back of a postcard? Probably not. A smarter and safer practice is to integrate SSL technologies from a trusted Certificate Authority (CA) who implements rigorous security policies in issuing SSL certificates and validates the authenticity of both parties. It is the CA’s job to confirm that who someone says they are - is who they really are.



Lawful access examples abroad a horror story of spending, abuse and minor benefits

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