I originally assumed that open source was simply a means of producing technology.But technology is just a lovely byproduct, the real goal is social.Not all open source projects work this way, but perhaps they should.I stumbled upon this realization while maintaining fog as it grew and grew and grew.Leaving issues open seemed unbearable, but over time the volume far exceeded my ability to keep up.Over time I saw the promise of a better way, but my expectations of open source would need to adapt.I learned that if running a project means fixing bugs, you may never find time for anything else.Ever...

What makes entrepreneurs different, and where do they come from? Are they born or taught? Are they unusually mobile in their careers? Does geography play a role? Do mentors and relationships matter?Numerous studies explore these questions by surveying hundreds of entrepreneurs. At LinkedIn, we take a different approach, on a different scale. By sifting through more than 120 million public profiles, we can analyze tens of thousands of startup founders’ [1]profiles – and find common threads linking their careers.Our infographic above shows the top over-represented business sch...

The living room is considered by many to be the central point of the home. Therefore, it makes sense that you would want to equip it with lots of enhancements to make it more relaxing and a great place for entertaining yourself, members of your family or household, and any guests. With so many different technological advancements over the last couple of decades, though, you might be stuck as to what you should pick and what would fit in with your lifestyle.To help you out a little, we have put together a list of some of the best pieces of tech you should consider investing in for your living r...

Google, Microsoft and Yahoo. These three companies rule webmail withGmail, Hotmail and Yahoo Mail, the three largest email services on the Internet.What might escape a lot of people, though, is just how important email services are for the online presence of those companies (yes, even for Google). To give you an idea, let’s look at some rather interesting website traffic numbers.Webmail share of site trafficAlexa can give you an estimate of how many people visit various parts of a website, or to be precise, which subdomains are visited the most.Gmail&n...

Yesterday  I published a piece about Newry in Northern Ireland, which is looking to help boost its economy by encouraging a startup ecosystem. A little later, a post entitled ‘You will not be the next Silicon Valley, please stop trying‘ appeared over on Pando Daily, in which the author decided pull a bunch of Irish stereotypes out of the bag to attack the idea.Now, I could detail everything that’s wrong with the article, but the comments there do a perfect job of ripping it apart. It certainly missed the point of what’s happening in Newry. Indeed, if Trevor Gilbe...

With its upcoming ZenBook 3, Asus is the latest company to compete with Apple's superthin 12-inch MacBook. Due out later this year, the 12.5-inch laptop is even slimmer than the MacBook and one-ups Apple's offering with a faster CPU and a range of fashion colors. Though we haven't been able to test the ZenBook 3 in our labs yet, we've studied the specs and spent some hands-on time with the slim system to learn about its capabilities.So based on what we know today, which superslim notebook is better, the Apple MacBook or the Asus ZenBook 3? We matched up these two light laptops, compa...

Ad targeting. Google+ is designed to power ad targeting, and for that it only needs you to sign up once. This lets it combine the biographical information you initially enter such as age, gender, education, employers, and places you’ve lived with your activity on Search, Gmail, Maps and all its other products to create an accurate identity profile. And this powers targeting of more relevant ads it can charge more for.So despite comScore showing that the average Google+ user only spends 3 minutes per month on Google+, VP Bradley Horowitz wasn’t lying when he told the Wall Street J...

At 19:00 May 3 (London time), Samsung will release its next-generation flagship mobile phone products GALAXY, SIII in London, England. This latest Samsung mobile phone will have a quad-core processor, with blue and white two colors and screen size of more than 4.65 inch (there is news that the size will be up to 4.8 inch).Europe's largest mobile phone retailer CarphoneWarehouse confirms the new Galaxy phone does have blue and two different colors.Quad-Core CPUCeramic casingPhone screen protectorParametersA quad-core Samsung Exynos 4412 processor, clocked at 1.4GHz, the process technology 32nm...