Nerd Valentine: Great Valentines Gifts for the Geek you Love

It’s February and we all know what that means, on the 14th you’re either going to be a smug git with flowers in your hands or looking at the floor to avoid all the smug people. It’s unavoidable, hearts and roses everywhere. But being loved-up has its down sides too (yes it does). The site of the world turning pink causes a surge of panic to rush through everyone. The ritual gift giving can be a mind field for women (yes boys, we have it just as tough), I mean what do you get a bloke other then Aftershave and a Watch?...

2 min · 256 words · Andrew Marks

Nerdy Day Trips: Crowdsourced travel for geeks

Nerdy Day Tripsis a brand new site which caters to the travelling geek. The crowd-sourced world map is full of nerdy destinations perfect for a one day trip. Starting out with a focus on the UK, the site has quickly filled up with destinations all over the world. The site was conceived byBen GoldacreandJo Bradie, and was developed byApplecado, a UK-based web development firm, and designed byAaron Rudd. Europe and North America are definitely sprinting ahead of the rest of the world on the site with an unbelievable amount of nerdiness which would probably fill up your calendar for a whole year....

4 min · 642 words · Benjamin Martinez

Nestio plans to make apartment hunting smart, social and easy

40 million people move each year in the U.S., spending a total of 1.6 billion hours on their search. Specifically, if you’ve ever had to look for an apartment in New York City, you know the process can be a total nightmare. The three founders ofnestio, CEO Caren Maio, CCO Matthew Raoul and CTO Michael O’Toole are setting out to disrupt the online real estate industry. The result is such a brilliant platform for organizing your apartment search that it actually inspired me to think about moving (for the 8th time in New York City)....

4 min · 736 words · Carolyn Jones

Netflix begins its big gaming push with a small test in Poland

Games in Netflix have been a long time coming, but after months of speculation, rumors, andan eventual confirmation, we’re seeing the first fruits of the company’s expansion. Specifically, the company istesting two gamesfor members with Android devices in Poland:Stranger Things 1984andStranger Things 3— so I hope you’re a fan of that series. Contrary to popular expectation, Netflix isn’t streaming the games live, a la xCloud. Instead, it’s simply functioning as a hub to let you download the games onto your own device, kind of like Steam on PC....

3 min · 471 words · Russell Price

Netflix CEO Reed Hastings announces integration with Facebook in 44 countries, but NOT the US

Netflix CEO Reed Hastings todayannouncedthat Netflix would be integrating tightly with Facebook much in the way that it is working with music, but that due to laws in the US, it would not be available there yet. It will be available in 44 other countries around the world however. The privacy law that is preventing the integration from being launched in the US isbeing debated today in Congressand Hastings expressed hope that this would enable them to offer the integration soon....

2 min · 304 words · Miguel Martinez
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