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Struggling to market your startup? Check this 11 step startup launch marketing plan.

The 11 step startup launch marketing plan - Smart Insights Digital... The 11 step launch marketing plan The success of a startup will often depend on its approach to marketing. Unfortunately the vast majority of...

1) IRCTC Connect:
Rail ticketing now made simpler just by swipe and shuffle, select and book. Install the newly launched IRCTC connect android app and book a railway ticket anywhere in India at your fingertips.

2) Circa News - Save time, stay informed
The free Circa News app is the best way to read the news on your phone. Available now for iPhone and iOS on the App Store, and for Android on Google Play.

3) Fitbit:
The free Fitbit app is designed to work with Fitbit activity trackers and smart scales. It helps you stay motivated and improve your health by tracking your activity, exercise, food, weight and sleep.

4) Trello - Organize Anything
Whether you're managing a team of freelancers, writing an epic screenplay, or just making a list of stuff to get done, Trello makes sure you're organized and on top of it all.

5) Snapchat
Snapchat is a photo messaging application. Enjoy fast and fun mobile conversation! Snap a photo or a video, add a caption, and send it to a friend. They’ll view it, laugh, and then the Snap disappears from the screen – unless they take a screenshot!

“There is no patent. Could you patent the sun?” - Jonas Salk

For six decades after the first major American polio epidemic occurred near Rutland, Vermont, in the summer of 1894, the highly contagious disease terrorized the United States. Polio, which struck children disproportionately, could attack the central nervous system and cause muscle deterioration, paralysis and even death. American virologist Jonas Salk, who was born 100 years ago on October 28, 1914, developed the world’s first safe and effective polio vaccine, the vaccine that has nearly eradicated the most dreaded disease of the 20th century.

While most scientists believed that effective vaccines could only be developed with live viruses, Salk developed a “killed-virus” vaccine by growing samples of the virus and then deactivating them by adding formaldehyde so that they could no longer reproduce.

After successfully inoculating thousands of monkeys, Salk began the risky step of testing the vaccine on humans in 1952. In addition to administering the vaccine to children at two Pittsburgh-area institutions, Salk injected himself, his wife and his three sons in his kitchen after boiling the needles and syringes on his stovetop. Salk announced the success of the initial human tests to a national radio audience on March 26, 1953.

The clinical trial was the biggest public health experiment in American history. The Salk vaccine was declared safe and effective in 1955. An oral vaccine developed by Albert Sabin was first tested in 1957 and went into widespread use in 1963.

Salk did not patent his vaccine.

Once Sabin’s oral vaccine finally became available in 1962, it quickly supplanted Salk’s injected vaccine because it was cheaper to produce and easier to administer. Ultimately, both vaccines produced by the bitter rivals nearly eradicated the disease from the planet. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), there were only 416 reported cases of polio worldwide in 2013, mostly confined to a handful of Asian and African countries.

Here are some interesting details about Jonas Salk & the polio vaccine: http://www.history.com/news/8-things-you-may-not-know-about-jonas-salk-and-the-polio-vaccine

Facebook Isn't Dead: 10 Reasons to Keep Using Facebook for Business

Facebook Isn't Dead: 10 Reasons to Keep Using It for Your Business Learn why 10 founders from the Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC) say they aren’t yet ready to leave Facebook behind for their businesses.

Google's Android 5.0 is called Lollipop.

is debuting on three new devices — the smartphone, tablet, and streaming media device — and will be available on the , , , , and Google Play Edition devices in the coming weeks.

Lollipop is the 13th major release of Android. The operating system is the most drastic change to Android since the release of Ice Cream Sandwich in late 2011. Lollipop features a redesigned user interface referred to as Material Design, along with improvements to the lock screen and notification menu. The update also delivers improved battery life and performance.