The shortlist for the 2014 US Search Awards has been announced and winners will be revealed at an awards ceremony at Treasure Island on Wednesday 8 October during Pubcon Las Vegas. Now in their second year, the US Search Awards features 20 categories to reward campaigns, software and the teams and individuals driving the industry […]

There are 400 million people around the world using events on Facebook every month, the company stated in an announcement. Nearly 30% of all those events are are created by Pages. To make it easier for Pages to reach more people when promoting their events, Facebook has introduced some new features that help Pages promote […]

Figure Out Your Business Before the Money Runs Out, Boice Advises Scarlet Startups (via NJ Tech Weekly) Danny Boice at Scarlet Startups | Esther Surden On January 13, 2014, Danny Boice, the cofounder and CTO of Washington, D.C.-based Speek — a 500 Startups-funded company that lets users make conference calls with a simple link (speek.com/YourName… (more…)

Developers Battle Over Bitcoin Block Chain (via http://bitcoinnewsbrief.com) It’s surprising what worm-filled cans a new version of the bitcoin protocol will open. The core developers released a much-anticipated update to the core software – version 0.9.0 – last week. Now, a third party developer group is already lobbying… (more…)

15 Productivity Apps for Eco and Social Entrepreneurs (via Ecopreneurist) Running an eco or social enterprise, especially one with very few employees, means having to learn how to make the most of your time, so that every detail gets taken care of with the least amount of effort and in the least amount of time. […]