Tim Cook, CEO has taken the stage at todays Apple event and is discussing the latest Apple OS Lion and its amazing growth as compared to its previous OS, Snow Leopard. Already, Lion has had Six million downloads, and that’s 80% more than Snow Leopard thus far. Regarding Lion’s place in the market, he mentions Apple competitor Microsoft: For another metric, we measure adoption. If you look at Windows 7, it took them about 20 weeks to reach 10% of their base....

Smartphone marketplaces have been around for a good few years now, so you would expect stories of young children racking up huge amounts of app purchases on their parents’ smartphones would be a thing of the past. Traditionally, Apple has been subject of themost complaintsover in-app purchases, allowing iOS device users to purchase items within an app without having to enter a password. The Cupertino-based company has changed its payment process, requiring passwords for all purchases – but it appears Android users are not afforded the same luxury....

The Lords of Dogtown redux? Skateboarding doggystyle? The directing duo Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, aka “DANIELS,” are best known for their wild late-night adventure music video for dance-rock group the Hundred in the Hands’ “Pigeons”. The pair met while studying at Boston’s Emerson’s College and prior to skateboarding on puppies, they recently worked withLevi’s Chambray for Opening Ceremony. Anyway, this video is wicked awesome. And don’t worry, no animals were harmed in its making....

Cities are trying to get people out of their cars, especially forshort commutes. While ebikes andescootersget plenty of exposure in efforts to get people out of their cars. There’s another form of transport you might not have given much thought — commuting by eskateboard. But while many flipped up their boards for good in adulthood, there’s a huge movement of skateboarding alive and well — and it’s gone electric. That’s right, electric-powered skateboards where you don’t need to use your foot to kick-off or brake....

Skillshareis a community marketplace that enables users to learn anything from anyone. It aims to democratize learning by tapping into existing communities and networks. Contrary to the common notion that learning has to occur inside a classroom, Skillshare believes otherwise, appropriately quoting Einstein: “Learning is not a product of schooling but the lifelong attempt to acquire it.” It was founded byMichael Karnjanaprakorn, a former product team head at Hot Potato, now owned by Facebook, and developer at Behance....