Yahoo’s acquisition of Tumblr was not only a win for Tumblr’s investors and founders but for the New York tech scene as well. As before yesterday New York never had a billion dollar startup that was venture-backed.

CB Insights reports New York’s 10 Biggest Venture Capital Exits, as you can see below with Tumblr leading the way.

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It will be interesting to see if other New York startups such as Foursquare, Meetup and Fab will join the list or billion dollar exit in years to come.

Video: Startup Lessons Learned – Google I/O Caterina Fake, Slava Rubin, Mary Lou Jepsen, Julia Hartz
moderated by Mary Grove

The road to success includes many lessons learned along the way. From idea to exit, this panel of star studded founders share insights on how they tackled key challenges from product development to hiring and all the things they wish they woul

In February 2013 Pew Research released their research on the Demographics of Social Media. Which has some interesting data such as:

77% of the average age of social media users are between 30-49
71% of women use social media versus 62% of men
The household income of top social media use is less than $30k

The ethnicity breakdown is:
Hispanics 72%
Black, Non-Hispanic 68%
White, Non-Hispanic, 65%

SNS users



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I was also interviewed by USA Today about the diversity of social media use in an article called: Minorities rush to Twitter, Instagram, smartphones

H/T: Divas & Dorks

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35 Ways to Build an app online via creativebloq

Other Online Learning Resournces via Redit: Reddit’s list of the best online learning centers.

Build Your Own Web or Mobile App In Minutes With These Cloud Based Tools via Forbes

One question I often get asked about is what are some tools to create mockups, wireframes. Luckily smashinghub has currated a list of 20 Best UX Design and Wireframing Tools for Mobile . Out of the 20, my favorites are:
FluidUI
Balsamiq
HotGloo

Another wireframing tool I like that’s not listed is LucidChart

You can see the full list of 20 Best UX Design and Wireframing Tools for Mobile here.

What is your favorite Design and Wireframing Tool?

Social Gender Infographic