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  • FERNDALE, MI, May 16, 2013 Red Bull USA announced that i3 Detroit is a winner in the qualifying round of its Red Bull Creation 2013 contest. I3 Detroit and 5 other teams from around the US, from Maine to Maui, have been selected as Finalists from almost 50 teams nationwide. The i3 Detroit team will be flown to New York City for the final round, a 72-hour marathon creative build on June 13-16. Red Bull Creation 2013 is the 3rd Annual event which challenges teams of top inventors to design and make something useful, imaginative and inspiring in 72 hours,...

    Local Detroit Hackerspace Wins Red Bull Creation Semi-Finals – Heads to New York City for Finals.

    FERNDALE, MI, May 16, 2013 Red Bull USA announced that i3 Detroit is a winner in the qualifying round of its Red Bull Creation 2013 contest. I3 Detroit and 5 other teams from around the US, from Maine to Maui, have been selected as Finalists from almost 50 teams nationwide. The i3 Detroit team will be flown to New York City for the final round, a 72-hour marathon creative build on June 13-16. Red Bull Creation 2013 is the 3rd Annual event which challenges teams of top inventors to design and make something useful, imaginative and inspiring in 72 hours,...

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  • May 15, 2013 – Mountain View, CA. Google Throws it’s Hat in the Messaging Ring at I/O 13 with New Google Hangouts Google announced that it will be competing with iMessage and Facebook Messanger directly when it unvieled a new integrated messaging strategy at Google I/O 13. The new application comes with a new standalone iOS and Android applications, a Chrome application, as well as deeper integration into the Google+ ecosystem. Many startups utilizing Google Apps for Business will need to first enable the new hangouts functionality in order to test the new features. Without enabling the features Google Apps for Business...

    How to Enable the New Hangouts Feature for Google Apps Administrators

    May 15, 2013 – Mountain View, CA. Google Throws it’s Hat in the Messaging Ring at I/O 13 with New Google Hangouts Google announced that it will be competing with iMessage and Facebook Messanger directly when it unvieled a new integrated messaging strategy at Google I/O 13. The new application comes with a new standalone iOS and Android applications, a Chrome application, as well as deeper integration into the Google+ ecosystem. Many startups utilizing Google Apps for Business will need to first enable the new hangouts functionality in order to test the new features. Without enabling the features Google Apps for Business...

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  • We hear it all the time in the group Hackers & Hustlers – “I need a programmer.” Well quit trying to buy one and make it a goal to teach yourself how to program in 2013. I am by no means an expert developer, but I have no problem writing my own WordPress themes, developing simple web applications to replace spreadsheets at work, A/B testing splash pages for 1-page websites, and many more freeing skills that learning how not to be intimidated by code can provide. This post wont be a replacement for Nathan Bashaw & Bryce Colquitt’s upcoming project enoughtobedanger.us, but hopefully it will...

    7 Resources to Learn How To Program in 2013

    We hear it all the time in the group Hackers & Hustlers – “I need a programmer.” Well quit trying to buy one and make it a goal to teach yourself how to program in 2013. I am by no means an expert developer, but I have no problem writing my own WordPress themes, developing simple web applications to replace spreadsheets at work, A/B testing splash pages for 1-page websites, and many more freeing skills that learning how not to be intimidated by code can provide. This post wont be a replacement for Nathan Bashaw & Bryce Colquitt’s upcoming project enoughtobedanger.us, but hopefully it will...

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  • True Story, I make about $20 a month in passive income from my YouTube video how to fix a wet Blackberry. It’s not much, but $20 free a month is a Spotify AND a Pandora subscription, plus an iTunes movie or similar – all for doing nothing, about an hour of work I did in 2010 (or something??). I’d like to show you how I do it. Before you record Think hard about 2 things: What do you know? What knowledge has provided the most value for you in the past? What do you know? I know a lot of things,...

    How to: Generate Passive Income From YouTube

    True Story, I make about $20 a month in passive income from my YouTube video how to fix a wet Blackberry. It’s not much, but $20 free a month is a Spotify AND a Pandora subscription, plus an iTunes movie or similar – all for doing nothing, about an hour of work I did in 2010 (or something??). I’d like to show you how I do it. Before you record Think hard about 2 things: What do you know? What knowledge has provided the most value for you in the past? What do you know? I know a lot of things,...

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