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Mar 10 2017

WWW #65 - Meet these bloggers and startups!

Issue 65 of Scott's Weekly Wrap.
Introducing these awesome new startups
Bloggers Meet Startups - March 9, 2017
BMS
Learn who pitched and details on our next BMS Meetup! 
#WordPress
Every single person you look up to and admire, has made countless number of mistakes, and failed many times, too. But what if I told there was a way to avoid the vast majority of them, and avoid all that hardship, pain, and lost time and money? Would such knowledge be worth six-minutes of your …
WordPress.com released its new Chrome Add-on for Google Docs today. The free add-on allows users to edit documents collaboratively in Google Docs and then send the document directly to any WordPres…
Three years ago Google introduced its new reCAPTCHA v2 API, replacing distorted text challenges with a simple “I’m not a robot” checkbox for validating users. This was a welcome i…
Upcoming Events
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xmgn6bEp6jQ Video is taking over the Internet, and thanks to technology, anyone is capable of creating video content. Join former CNN Headline News anchor, Anna Hovind,
CoFoundersLab Matchup Chicago is aimed at helping entrepreneurs find co-founders, advisers, and interns and to build strong, core star
WordPress Information Session | Join us for a free WordPress Workshop. Meet our WordPress Instructor Team Learn about the real difference between…
Things of the Week
This Sunday is the web’s birthday, 28 years since Sir Tim Berners-Lee submitted his proposal for the world wide web. Check back on Sunday  for a message from
Baidu’s Andrew Ng and Singularity’s Neil Jacobstein say this time, the hype about artificial intelligence is real.
This week's latest in blogging, social media, and online entrepreneurship
Even the best writers struggle from time to time in crafting their work. This can be especially tricky for bloggers, who want to produce a steady flow of content for their audience. Not to worry. E…
There might be only one real criteria for the best chat app for your team: How easy it is for everyone to use. With dozens of great video and text chat apps for teams–each of which include quite similar features–the deciding factor is often down to the way your team...
Social Front
The thing we love most at Buffer is to help you succeed at social media. And a key part of social media success is knowing which goals and targets to set for your team. Without goals, it’s hard to know exactly how well your social media strategy is performing and where you need to iterate to …
Social media is known to be one of the most dominant forms of interactions on the Internet, so how can we do useful user research with it?
New study shows how Facebook likes alone don't cut it.
Facebook Inc.’s plans for video programming are starting to come into focus.
Strategic Search
Columnist Bryson Meunier suggests that mobile page speed, while good for conversions and customer retention, might not be doing much for your mobile search rankings.
Based on what I have read and heard, it seems like operators of the new domain name extensions can basically charge whatever they want for their domain names. I think most people assumed that the market would help dictate the price, but as one can see by observing 
Go you!
Clacking keys; mashing buttons; running joysticks up and down in precise, intricate patterns. The motions of playing a video game are mechanical—frequent and repetitive—and suggest a machine at work, which is of course not far off, especially with the best players in the world routinely spending 12 hours a day playing a game. Now, physical therapists are needed to keep the machines from breaking down.
As always if you have something to share, sent it to me!
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