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I suspect everyone reading HN is using a relatively modern browser, and like me opens links as new tabs instead of having them replace the HN tab. So why not make this the default behavior and include a target _blank to…

Part of our marketing involves in person interactions, typically in market-vertical conferences, sometimes in sales calls. I'm wondering about the efficacy of spending money on printed brochures, branded pens we'd give…

I'm wondering what techniques you've used to find good designers for your projects. I've tried Craigslist, but ended up with a lot of spam and a lot of ... let's say not very experienced designers. I've tried various…

I ran across http://opengateway.net/ , which is a $99 installable framework for recurring billing. In light of the recent Chargify pricing changes, it seems an attractive alternative since it's a one-time upfront cost…

Do you know of APIs or tools for looking up company information? That is: - Given a business name or domain name - Return: - Revenue - Number of employees - Location(s) - Type/field of business - ... Or, - Given a…

What are good, hopefully free / low cost ways of getting basic and detailed information about companies? For example, I'd like to be able to quickly and easily lookup the size (revenue, number of employees, etc) and…

Say you have a web based service with a 30 day free trial and subsequent monthly subscription charge. Is it better to ask for the credit card information at the start of the free trial when the user first signs up, or…

I'm looking to create a presentation that shows the words being spoken on screen, moving around to show various screenshots, videos, etc. Something like Cee Lo's "F You" video: http://bit.ly/9UXB6e (NSFW) This is not…

From another Ask HN thread about where people were hosting their sites I found the Hetzner Root Hosting packages: http://www.hetzner.de/en/hosting/produktmatrix/rootserver-produktmatrix-eq/ You can get a quad core…

I was reading the Gizmodo story on the fake flashlight app that was actually a tethering app: http://gizmodo.com/5592521/how-a-guy-tricked-apple-with-a-disguised-iphone-tethering-app It's been pulled from the app store,…

I've been tempted by VPS solutions, but no matter how I slice it colo hosting comes out cheaper: - You can pick up a refurbished 1u server for $100-$150, for example from geeks.com . That'll get you an older processor,…