Seen as more of a social event, developers attend hackathons in order to network with fellow programmers, engineers and others. Yet many participants and companies may not realize the repercussions of the intellectual property created during these marathon coding events, as recently discussed by Harvard Business Review.

Some hackathons are held internally, where only company employees can participate. But when the gatherings are more collaborative, the ownership of the innovation and intellectual property is unclear, which can lead to problems about unequal contributions and rights to the patent.

For this reason, some companies ban their employees from participating in external hackathons, despite the fact it seems overbearing and could be bad for talent recruiting.

Instead of limiting employees from participating in hackathons, companies should look into creating specific policies about attendance. For example, they can limit participation to projects that are likely unrelated to their current product line, thus avoiding conflicts of interest.

Hackathons allow developers to be creative and encourage innovation, which may lead to stronger products and smarter employees down the line. Rather than restricting developers from participating, companies should find ways to take advantage of these events.

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Microsoft unveiled some of the much-talked about but never shown features of the Xbox One during its E3 Media Briefing event in Los Angeles. Upload Studio and Twitch will certainly allow the hardcore gamers with a penchant of showing off the chance to…

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The colors companies use in their logos, websites, and other properties has a profound impact on how customers think of and feel about those companies. The above infographic from The Logo Company shows which emotions people associate with different colors, and gives examples of the companies that tend to make use of them. Analytics company KISSmetrics also created an infographic that shows how different colors affect which customers will purchase a product.

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It looks so similar, we think it might be photoshopped.

Regardless, it’s too great not to share.

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the shoes are designed from 3D scans of the individual’s foot to ensure the right fit. they are then 3D printed according to the results offering maximum comfort and flexibility for the wearer.

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The August Smart Lock is the secure, simple, and social way to manage your home’s lock. Now you can control who can enter and who can’t—without the need for keys or codes. And you can do it all from your smartphone or computer.

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“The fact that you thought this was a real show says a lot about the state of TV.”

In collaboration with CHI&Partners NY, New York PBS station Thirteen has launched a shrewd ad campaign that criticizes the current state of television. The campaign’s five posters advertise fake reality TV shows, with crazy names like Married to a Mime (“She’s got plenty to say.”) and Bad Bad Bag Boys (“Clean up on every aisle.“), and will appear in New York City subways until the end of June 2013.

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At Tuesday night’s NBA Eastern Conference Finals game, an Indiana Pacers fan wanted to publicly humiliate Miami Heat supporters in front of a national TV audience.

So what’d he do? Brought out the big guns by insinuating that Heat fans love the universally despised Canadian rock band Nickelback

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The plainly-stated “HEAT FANS [HEART] NICKELBACK” sign was expertly placed behind TNT’s crew of analysts, garnering it plenty of air time and lots of Twitter chatter. Here are a few different angles of the piece of troll-tastic fan art, culled from Twitter’s vast army of NBA-loving wiseacres: Read more…

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Record Setter CEO and founder, Dan Rollman just tore a hole through the space time continuum of the internet. Stare deep, deep into the vortex and know what it is to see everything, and nothing at all.

Yes folks, it is a Tweet of a Vine of an Instagram of a Tumblr post of a Facebook post of a Tweet. The electromagnetic pulse can come now. The internet has reached its perfect form.

Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good night.

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