Flattr brings micropayments to conferences, lets you ‘tip a dime’ to your favorite speaker

Micropayment serviceFlattris allowing people to ‘tip a dime’ to speakers or other attendees atMedia Evolution’s The Conferencein Sweden, in a move that makes the event ‘the first Flattr-able conference’. Flattr is a combination of a ‘like button’ with an online tipjar that allows you to pay a small amount to people whose work you like. You choose how much you’d like to pay at the end of each month and that amount is divided equally between everyone you’ve ‘Flattred’ that month....

2 min · 281 words · Jill Martinez

Flavorpill celebrates its 10th year with a custom, “thinking” newsletter

This weekFlavorpill, a New York City born cultural media outlet, celebrates its 10th birthday by launching a revolutionary email newsletter, that “thinks.” The newsletter, in fact, learns and changes week to week based on your click throughs. “As Flavorpill turns 10 years old, we’re evolving our offering to become smarter and more personalized. We’ve come a long way from our beginnings as a text-only email list in NYC, and we now publish content from editors in eight cities around the country and in London, as well as event listings entered by hundreds of the top venues in all our markets — feeding both our Flavorwire blog and our Flavorpill cultural guide....

3 min · 495 words · Kenneth Peters

Flawed Facebook infringement complaint system takes down popular pages [Updated]

As many as half a dozen respected and well trafficked sites had their Facebook pages removed on Thursday, apparently in response to copyright infringement claims. The problem? They weren’t infringing any copyrights and have only posted their own content.Updated The removal of the pages seems to have been precipitated by a flawed copyright infringement complaint system that is allowing random users to cause the takedown of pages simply by lodging unfounded complaints....

5 min · 1046 words · Robert Rice

FledgeWing: Student Entrepreneur Platform Launched in India

India is fast developing, owing to one of the largest youth populations in the world. The economic slowdown forced many companies to freeze placements, which further incentivizes student entrepreneurship. With all the online resources that are currently available, starting young bodes well for aspiring entrepreneurs.FledgeWingis a collaborative online community for student entrepreneurs that was recently launched in India for an all-Hindi localized version of the platform–FledgeWing.in. All-in-One Platform for Student Entrepreneurs...

3 min · 542 words · Jacob Knapp

Flick and Share: one-click downloading for Flickr sets

Have you ever wanted to send a friend a whole set of photos that you’ve already posted onFlickr? Rather than bother with the hassle of email, or forcing your friends to download the pictures one by one, a newly launched free service makes it as easy as clicking a button. After grantingFlick and Shareaccess to your Flickr account, you’ll be able to select which of your sets you want to share with others....

2 min · 363 words · Danny Gibson
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