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<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jun 2011 07:10:01 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Start-up called Hipster offers new recruits $10K, beer]]></title>
<link>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=start-up-called-hipster-offers-new-recruits-10k-beer</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jun 2011 07:10:01 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[I'm told that when you're attractive, it can go to your head.You believe everyone is interested in you and it's therefore hard to decide who deserves more than a glance and a sneer from your perfect visage.A start-up called Hipster has decided that it knows how to make attractive job seekers believe it should be their first and only date.Unfortunately, we're only talking engineers here. So Hipster is offering some touchingly precise inducements to show its intentions are good: $10,000 and beer, for example. Yes, a year's supply of Pabst Blue Ribbon.It doesn't stop there. Hipster's Web site adds that new recruits will get a bike, a pair of Buddy Holly glasses, a pair of authentic skinny jeans, a pinstriped bow tie, mustache-grooming services, and a pair of (worn, brown) boots.Hipster is, so it says, &quot;building a fun way to uncover the vast amount of information about real-world locations.&quot; Which sounds like a sort of local question and answer thingy on the go. (Credit:Screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET)Doug Ludlow, one of the founders of Hipster, told the New York Times: &quot;As you know, recruiting is insanely competitive right now, so we wanted to do something that would break through the noise, and get the attention of the people we're trying to reach.&quot;Hipster is reportedly proud that this sort of incentivizing is far more effective than the hundreds of thousands the company would have to pay those slightly leechlike little middle people known as recruiters.Naturally, there will be those who believe that arrogant youths who happen to have coding ability don't deserve this sort of attention. There will be those who say they don't deserve brown boots, even if they're worn. And that they certainly don't deserve mustache-grooming services, especially as so many of them have no genetic capability to grow even the most rudimentary facial hair.I, though, admire Hipster's initiative.Without these people, the founders might never be able to make serious money. They might never be able to afford infinite supplies of skinny jeans and Pabst Blue Ribbon. With this offer, they are revealing their own personal charm--and that of their brand. You see, they are even offering to give the same incentive to someone who recommends a new employee. Buddy Holly glasses and all.I hope the Web site will feature pictures of every new recruit, wearing the new gear and, hopefully, after a sip or two of the PBR. I am sure that would be the finest recruitment ad Hipster could ever make. <br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[GetJar aiming to rival Android Market]]></title>
<link>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=getjar-aiming-to-rival-android-market</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 15 Feb 2011 08:10:45 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>humidtar</dc:creator>
<category>Technology</category>
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<description><![CDATA[App store GetJar plans to &quot;aggressively expand&quot; its software for Android devices with at least part of a new $25 million funding round.GetJar, which started its app shop in 2005, touts itself as the world's largest open app store and the second largest app store behind Apple's. GetJar boasts more than 1.5 billion downloads to date for multiple mobile platforms, including iOS, Android, BlackBerry, Windows Mobile, and Symbian.(Credit:Screenshot by CNET)With the new capital, GetJar said it plans to expand its sales, marketing and engineering efforts. The company is eyeing the Android arena in particular and aims to become the leading alternative to the Android Market.GetJar's Android push comes as Google has revamped its Android Market to offer Web-based downloads and as Amazon plans to launch its own Android app store. Over the past year, San Mateo, Calif.-based GetJar has struck partnerships with such mobile players as Yahoo, Sprint, AT&amp;T, Zynga, and Angry Birds developer Rovio. GetJar said it's been able to triple its staff and beef up its European operations.The $25 million Series C round was led by Tiger Global Management. Accel Partners, which provided GetJar's Series A and B rounds, also joined in. This rounds follows one from last summer that raised $11 million.&quot;GetJar has the rare combination of a differentiated, cross platform app store solution coupled with a unique revenue model,&quot; Lee Fixel, managing director at Tiger Global Management, said today in a statement.Although GetJar can't provide iOS-based apps directly, the site does displayiPhone apps with links for people to download them from Apple's App Store.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Nook Color Honeycomb 'beta' hack advances]]></title>
<link>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=nook-color-honeycomb-beta-hack-advances</link>
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<pubDate>Sat, 12 Feb 2011 08:10:06 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>humidtar</dc:creator>
<category>Technology</category>
<guid>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=nook-color-honeycomb-beta-hack-advances</guid>
<description><![CDATA[A couple of weeks ago, I posted something on how an industrious Android enthusiast, who goes by the handle deeper-blue on the xdadevelopers' forum, had hacked or &quot;rooted&quot; the Nook Color to run a preview version of Honeycomb. At the time, we were looking at a pretty crude port that was missing a lot of Honeycomb's core features. But since then, some improvements have been made, giving &quot;rooters&quot; hope that the slightly underpowered Nook Color might be able to handle Google's Android 3.0 operating system fortablets without running too sluggishly.Several videos of &quot;HoneyNook&quot; in action have cropped up in recent days, including the embedded video from Noah at TechnoBuffalo, who credits the newer NookHoney port to deeper-dev. More recently, David Cogen at theunlockr.com put together his own NookHoney demo complete with a background soundtrack. His assessment: &quot;Not bad for a $250 tablet running beta software...it can only get better.&quot; (Note: Cogen is running the Honeycomb port from the internal memory, which works better and has the Android Market, but is harder to undo). In other Nook Color news, after the device recently experienced some shipping delays, it's back in stock at stores just in time for Valentine's Day. Some were concerned Barnes &amp; Noble was on the verge of &quot;locking down&quot; the Nook Color so it couldn't be rooted. But so far, it hasn't. However, it did make a minor design change: the light and proximity sensor that once sat to the left of the Nook logo has been removed.When we asked Barnes &amp; Noble about this, a company spokesperson informed us: &quot;All Nook Color units provide the exact same performance and offer the same great features and functions. Barnes &amp; Noble made a slight change in manufacturing to remove that tiny circular window when an originally planned element was not required for the final hardware.&quot;We don't whether this change was at the root of that momentary shipping delay, but we wouldn't be surprised if it was. <br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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