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Introduction
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And it was all Yellow.
With Amazon now accounting for almost half of all books sold in the U.S, how a book looks in it’s little pixelated icon is becoming more important than what it looks like in your hands. So how to get your attention amongst thousands of titles? Yellow.
Swipe monkey, swipe.
Tinder’s bread and butter aren’t well lit selfies and witty one liners. They’re algorithms and predictability. Tinder’s in-house sociologist is paid to know what you want, and what you don’t even know that you want. Like the fact that 80% of users are looking for long term relationships.
Waste not, want not.
We’ve all seen the platters of leftovers from Dining Room meetings. But unlike the Hill, (where food is never wasted), corporate events are often left with hundreds of meals destined for the dump. A new app hopes to link volunteers with events and help donate food to the needy.
