No sooner does Google exit the FCC’s 700Mhz spectrum auction with its $4.6 billion still in its pocket and its rules imposed on its competitors than it throws up yet another ball in the broadband wireless game. Earlier today, it proposed to the FCC that the unused “white spaces” in television broadcast signals which […]

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Verizon is the big winner in the 700 MHz auction: But does Verizon’s notion of open conform with the rest of ours? Open is as open does. More in this audio mobile post.

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Have you noticed the sweeping side line/crease cutting through the door handles (or just under the handles) on new cars lately? Cars from Honda, Mercedes, BMW, and now even Smart are sporting the ubiquitous crease.

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Google’s original chef Charlie Ayers claims in a new book that much of Google’s success comes from free beer and sushi.
In Eat Yourself Smart, he argues that Sushi made Google’s engineers work better: “The fat found in fish helps make the cell membranes round the brain more elastic and more able to absorb nutrients easily.”
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After years of telling advertisers that the way they place ads is totally wrong, Google is finally coming around to accommodate Madison Avenue on its own terms. By perfecting paid-search and contextual ads, Google has done a lot to reinvent advertising. But old habits die hard, and advertisers still like to target ads […]

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Throughout this week, readers are submitting their best life hack for a chance to win an autographed copy of our new book, Upgrade Your Life.
Last Wednesday Adam showed you how to download music from shared iTunes libraries over the internet using third-party app Mojo, but PC users were disappointed to find the Windows Mojo beta only works on local networks. But reader Dexter put two and two together, and shares his Windows iTunes library over the internet with Mojo and the free VPN client, Hamachi.

It’s true: Because a Hamachi VPN makes remote computers look as if they’re on a local network, the local network-only Mojo Windows beta can work remotely, using Hamachi as the bridge.

If you’re new to Hamachi, here’s our detailed tutorial for creating a virtual private network with Hamachi.

Dexter says:

As we all know the Mojo Windows beta doesn’t support sharing over the internet, only sharing on a local network….but it works over Hamachi! Lots of people want to wait for the official version for Windows before they use it, but I think you guys should let everyone know that Hamachi helps share the files over the ‘net.

Here’s a screenshot from Dexter’s desktop using Mojo and Hamachi (click to enlarge):

Congratulations, Dexter! You just earned yourself an autographed copy of Upgrade Your Life.

Send us your best life hack for a chance to win yours.

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“Your most important social network is the one in your phone,” says Skydeck CEO Jason Devitt. With Skydeck, he hopes to do the impossible: turn your cell phone bill into something useful. You give Skydeck the login for your mobile phone account. It scrapes the page and matches the calls with your address […]

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Back in January, TechCrunch endorsed presidential candidates John McCain on the Republican side and Barack Obama on the Democratic side. We are not alone. From a survey of 600 IT professionals released on March 18 from the Computing Technology Industry Association:

If the 2008 Presidential Election were held today who would get […]

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A few days ago my housemate noticed a mantisootheca in our garden. This morning I watched as a horde of the little guys emerged in the early sun:

Welcome to life—bite some heads off!

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Highrise turns one today. Check out the original launch post from March 20, 2007. And here’s a 36-hour follow-up post with changes based on early feedback. It’s cool to look back at the comments from both posts.

Our fastest growing product ever

In terms of 12-month revenue growth, Highrise has been our fastest growing product ever. Monthly revenue for Highrise on its first birthday is about 3x Basecamp’s monthly revenue on its first birthday. Of course Basecamp was launched 4 years ago, and Highrise benefits from Basecamp, Backpack, and 37signals’ brand recognition, but we’re really pleased with the growth so far.

Some quick stats

• Nearly 5,000,000 contacts in Highrise
• Over 1,000,000 tasks created
• And just under 1,000,000 emails forwarded into Highrise

A $10-off coupon to celebrate

If you haven’t yet signed up for Highrise, here’s some extra incentive: Enter coupon code 1YEARHR in the coupon code box during the signup process and you’ll save $10 off your first month. If you already have a Highrise account, you can upgrade your account and use the same coupon code. Just log in, click the Account tab, select a higher plan to upgrade to, and then enter 1YEARHR in the coupon field.

Thanks again

Thanks again for your support. We hope you’re finding Highrise as useful as we are. Check out some recent posts about Highrise on the Product Blog.

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