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After Microsoft said it plans to discontinue several keyboard models and focus on its Surface brand, the news caused sadness for some devotees

After Microsoft said it plans to discontinue several keyboard models and focus on its Surface brand, the news caused sadness for some devotees

After Microsoft said it plans to discontinue several keyboard models and focus on its Surface brand, the news caused sadness for some devotees

Also, how today’s biggest consumer products got their first 1,000 users

2 More note on CAPTCHAS A bypass around CAPTCHAs A simple way around CAPTCHAs has been discovered by the spammers|noble denizens of the internet. The es...

Considering every startup confronts this question at some point, I was surprised by how little has been written about it. Particularly anything actionable. So I decided to do my own digging. I spent the past month personally reaching out to founders, scouring interviews, and tapping the Twitterverse. Below, you’ll find first-hand accounts of how essentially every major consumer app acquired their earliest users, including Tinder, Uber, Superhuman, TikTok, Product Hunt, Yelp, and over a dozen m...

Done, and Gets Things Smart Disclaimer: I do not speak for Google! These are my own views and opinions, and are not endorsed in any way by my employer, nor anyone else, for that matter. Everyone knows and quotes Joels old chestnut, " Smart, and Gets Things Done." It was a blog, then a book, and now its an aphorism. People quote Joels Proverb all the time because it gives us all such a nice snuggly feeling. Why? Because to be in this industry at all, even a bottom-feeder, you have to be...