There are hundreds of different job categories- each with its own necessary modus operandi. A landscape designer or wedding caterer can’t realistically decide to take a long summer holiday, just as a Wall Street day trader shouldn’t take up flexible hours. But remember, regardless of your occupation, we all grew up recognizing a renewed sense of dedication in the fall, following a summertime desire for freedom, and those habitual inclinations will never fully cease to exist....

Social news discovery apps have found a natural home on the iPad, but they’re slowly expanding onto other platforms. Swiss startupSobeeshas been steadily building out its app Newsmix to become a cross-platform experience for some time, withiPad and Webversions already available. Today it’s launchingon Facebook. Rather than simply port the exisiting app , with presents news stories from your Twitter, Facebook and RSS subscriptions in a ‘magazine’ format, today’s launch takes a specifically Facebook-focused approach....

You might be familiar with the founder ofStar.me, his name is Ze Frank, and he’s best known for his daily internet show,“The Show w/ Ze Frank”, a year long project that ended in 2007. Star.meis most definitely not a show, but it could be Frank’s most engaging community project to date. In 2010, Frank’s Company “Ze Frank Games” received $500,000 in funding from such seed investors as Founder Collective, Andreessen Horowitz, Betaworks, Lerer VenturesFirst Round Capital, Crosscut Ventures, Joshua Schachter, Gary Vaynerchuk, Jordan Greenhall, Michael Herf, and SV Angel....

The idea of social influence scoring appears to tickle some folks the wrong way. After reporting on the Fashion’s Night Out event hosted by Bal Harbour Shops whereonly the socially-high-scored elite could attend, both my inbox and Twitter feed flooded with surprised feedback. Some social media junkies were genuinely excited about the news, while others were simply dumbfounded. Klout, the social analytics tool behind the controversy, appears unaffected by the reaction one way or another and is, instead,working on rolling out new featuresfor its users to enjoy....

We’ve written a lot recently about apps that allow you to record and share audio. Whilesomeare targeting journalists and bloggers with the ability to report ‘live from the scene’, others are opting to encourage users to simply share the sounds around them. Wecoveredone such app, Broadcastr, just the other day. Now Dutch startupShoudio, which wefirst coveredlast October, has updated its app with new features that make it worth another look....