Category Archives: Web 2.0

Advice for 2013: Deliver On Your Promises

“There has been a lot of discussion out there about the Series A crunch, the consumer sector falling out of favor, VCs getting more conservative, the need to focus on revenues instead of users, and so on and so forth….”

“…So if I can give entrepreneurs a single piece of advice for 2013 it would be to deliver on your promises. Not just to your investors but also to your team and ultimately to yourself. This is no time to be in denial. That is a lethal attribute in times like these.”

Read the complete post: http://bit.ly/UKb1UK

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Need help to develop a Android app – Barcode reader + match against Amazon database

Hi folks, I would like to develop an Android app addressing 6 requirements and to know which technologies and libraries might help me to build it.

I am looking for reliable libraries, whether they are licensed under open source license or commercial license doesn’t matter yet.

Thank you for your help,

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Hootsuite needs more (too much) permissions on Google Chrome

Chrome informed me that Hootsuite Hootlet has been disabled because it requires further access to my browsing activities.

“Hootsuite needs

  • to access data on all websites
  • access your tabs and browsing activity”

It should be nice that Hootsuite gives the finality of such request as I don’t use it actively.

Is there a risk for my data privacy? accessing to all my browsing activities like checking my bank account is really mandatory for such tool?

One conclusion: Google Chrome informs correctly the user if any extension wants to increase the amount of permissions it needs to fulfil its duty.

Hootsuite Hootlet needs more permissions

Hootsuite Hootlet needs more permissions