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Archive | February, 2013

Evernote, Now With Its First COO, Takes Its Premium Evernote Business App To 26 New Markets

February 7, 2013

Reblogged from TechCrunch: Evernote, the popular personal information and productivity app, is taking another step today in building out its premium service offerings: its enterprise app, Evernote Business, which formally launched in seven markets in December 2012, has now been switched on throughout the European Union, Norway and Iceland, with Australia and New Zealand coming […]

Airbnb's Big 2012: 4X Guest Growth And 2X The Number Of Listings In 192 Countries Worldwide

February 7, 2013

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Reblogged from TechCrunch: Airbnb has released some interesting growth figures this morning, proving that 2012 was the year that Airbnb stopped being something people were talking about and started to be something (a lot of) people used. The company announced that 4 million total guests have now used Airbnb to book a night’s stay on […]

FreedomPop now lets users share unused data through social networks, confirms LTE iPad clip coming soon

February 7, 2013

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Reblogged from 9to5Mac: FreedomPop, the wireless provider offering customers free 500MB per month data plans through devices such as its $99 WiMAX sleeve for iPod touch, today announced a few big additions coming to the service. First, the company is expanding on its “social broadband” features to allow users to share and request unused bandwidth […]

Happier Launches To Help You Share Your Daily Happy Moments

February 7, 2013

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Reblogged from TechCrunch: iOS app Happier is launching today with the ambitions of, well, making you a happier person. The app is inspired by research that shows that focusing on the positive and sharing good things that happen to you with the people you care about makes you happier. You can download the app here. […]

Mailbox for iPhone goes live for free in the App Store, reservations now being filled

February 7, 2013

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Reblogged from 9to5Mac: Mailbox, the highly anticipated third-party Gmail client for the iPhone from Orchestra, is now available in the App Store. Here’s the essence of why Mailbox is meant to be a better mobile email client: Mailbox is light, fast, and mobile-friendly. Swipes make checking mail from your phone a delight. Snoozes let you put […]

Uber Can Help Companies Be More Desirable To Work For With Its New Perks Program

February 7, 2013

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Reblogged from TechCrunch: On-demand car service Uber announced a new perks program that can instantly make a company cooler to work for. If you want to be able to provide transportation as a perk or benefit for your employees, Uber has the solution for you. The program allows companies to dole out “Uber credits” to […]

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Natalie K Swope

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My first name reflects my family's unparalleled love for the actress, Natalie Wood.

My last name is German and it means "pig farmer" in English, so I'm sure you're extremely jealous.

My sister and I share the middle name "Kyong", pronounced key-young in Korean. it means bright, shining star. It is the first name of my mother and her six sisters.

I am currently a 3rd year undergraduate at University of California, Davis majoring in Computer Engineering and minoring in Technology Management.

Aside from my programming experience, my involvement with the campus community in Davis has allowed me to express my creative mindset in a variety of settings. I belong to both a social sorority Delta Gamma on campus as well as an academic club (Society of Women Engineers).

Because of this, I communicate with a wide spectrum of individuals. The differences between these two groups have developed my perspective on the relationship between technology and customers. Many technical companies today are filled with engineers who create products that reflect their own interests, rather than the interests of the public. I believe that I can create the solutions to problems that satisfy public interest.

My blog, swopeswope, is about my life mixed technology. I know that’s broad but I don’t want to narrow it down since tech is all over now-a-days. I spend almost 75% of my time exploring the web that but 9 times out of 12, I’m checking out articles on sites like TechCrunch, Inc., and AllThingsD. I also write articles for the site, HackCollege.

I’ve always loved art. I draw, paint and sketch on my bamboo tablet when I have free time. My pictures communicate my ideas — my perspective of the world. I grew up believing such ideas were unrealistic, sometimes even immature. But maybe that’s what people said about laptops, bluetooth speakers, and touch screens. The only way to make an idea a reality is to dream in a world without bounds; a world of information & technology.