Geekli.st – The next generation resume for developers and geeks [invites]

Today, I had the chance to sit down with the founders ofGeekli.st, a service where developers can come, share and interact on their past achievements in technology. The site itself is simple, you set up your account (right now you can only reserve your username, but we have 300exclusive invitesfor The Next Web readers to jump right in, just use the codeTNWGEEKS), but once you have full access, you are given the ability add “cards” which list out achievements of yours at previous companies or side projects....

4 min · 795 words · Deanna Park

Geekli.st – The next generation resume for developers and geeks [invites]

Today, I had the chance to sit down with the founders ofGeekli.st, a service where developers can come, share and interact on their past achievements in technology. The site itself is simple, you set up your account (right now you can only reserve your username, but we have 300exclusive invitesfor The Next Web readers to jump right in, just use the codeTNWGEEKS), but once you have full access, you are given the ability add “cards” which list out achievements of yours at previous companies or side projects....

4 min · 791 words · Rodney Gomez

Gemalto brings Facebook to all mobile phones

Anew technologydeveloped by digital security firm Gemalto will soon see Facebook, the world’s most popular social network, coming to any mobile phone handset, regardless of whether it has a data connection or subscription. Facebook integration comes by way of its Facebook for SIM service, which embeds the Facebook software application into the SIM card. This means that the client will be 100% compatible with any mobile phone that uses a SIM card for its carrier connectivity....

3 min · 464 words · Andrew Rodriguez

Gemvara Founder expands his online jewelry business with great customer service

Matt Lauzon is 26-years old with messy hair, ugly sneakers and a laid back attitude attributable to his upbringing in the great outdoors of Maine. He is also one of the youngest entrepreneurs to receive VC funding in the past 5 years and despite not having prior experience working in the jewelry industry or a background in coding, he’s the CEO ofGemvara, one of the most successful online jewelry startups in the world....

4 min · 714 words · Jennifer Hawkins

Gen Z is surprisingly nostalgic about BlackBerry phones

If you love commemorating historic dates, I’ve got one for you:January 4, 2022.That, friends, is the day old BlackBerry finally died. It’s been a long fall for the company. For a while, BlackBerry was… well, I don’t know aboutcool, but it was popular. More than that, it defined a particular moment in our collective memory. This was the start of the mobile era, a time when having a full keyboard on aphonefelt revolutionary....

5 min · 869 words · Valerie Burton
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