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Stocks to Watch: Big earnings on Friday: Bank of Nova Scotia, KMG
Market Watch - 6 Dec 2012 23:48
Among the companies whose shares are expected to see active trade in Friday’s session are Bank of Nova Scotia and KMG Chemicals.
Forrester on mobile marketing: who you do — and do not — want to target
Venture Beat - 6 Dec 2012 23:44
Forrester released a new report today on mobile marketing. As it turns out, there's only one group of mobile customers that marketers want to target. Big shocker: it's not the 7 percent of American adults who still refus...
3 Gmail Labs graduates land in your inbox to save you precious seconds
Venture Beat - 6 Dec 2012 23:41
Google has graduated three time-saving experimental Gmail features, kicking them out of the protected confines of Labs and into your inbox.
‘Call your mother,’ ‘Sh*t, dude,’ and other things your parents say on your Facebook wall
Venture Beat - 6 Dec 2012 23:14
When parents get on the Internet, suddenly your Timeline is overflowing with bad country songs and embarrassing nicknames. These stats from Facebook break it down.
Conspiracy conviction for Anonymous hacker in PayPal, Visa, MasterCard case
Venture Beat - 6 Dec 2012 23:08
Hacktivist Christopher Weatherhead was convicted today of "conspiracy to impair" the operations of a number of payments companies in 2010.
When It Comes To Content Marketing, Seeing Is Believing
Forbes - 6 Dec 2012 23:00Move over, in-flight movies: YouTube content coming to Virgin America flights
Venture Beat - 6 Dec 2012 22:49
YouTube has reached a new agreement with commercial airline Virgin America that will bring web video content to passengers during flights, the site announced today.
No Distance Too Great: Managing The New Remote Workforce
Forbes - 6 Dec 2012 22:40Seriously, don’t ask for a meeting if you’re going to be late
Venture Beat - 6 Dec 2012 22:38
Guest Post My recent experience has been that people who pay me $800 an hour for my advice show up on time and people who pay nothing are often late -- many times with no advance notice.
Facebook rumored to be going after Microsoft’s Atlas ad platform
Venture Beat - 6 Dec 2012 22:07
Facebook may be turning to its longtime pal Microsoft to complete its plan to create an external advertising network.
KPMG survey finds a ‘stronger than expected’ demand for cloud services
Venture Beat - 6 Dec 2012 21:59
Despite concerns about data security and loss of control, cloud-based service providers are highly-confident about the growth of the industry in the next few years.
The Secret The Happiest Cultures Know: Hire WizzyWigs *
Forbes - 6 Dec 2012 21:38Much-hyped ClearStory Data bags $9M to replace the traditional dashboard
Venture Beat - 6 Dec 2012 21:01
ClearStory, the much-hyped data analytics startup, has pulled in $9 million in funding from Kleiner Perkins, Andreessen Horowitz and Google Ventures.
Former adversaries Lars Ulrich & Sean Parker talk piracy, Spotify, & the future of music
Venture Beat - 6 Dec 2012 20:51
NEW YORK CITY -- To celebrate Metallica now being available on Spotify, two former rivals -- Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich and Napster co-founder Sean Parker -- took stage today at a Spotify event to talk about their cra...
Tim Cook speaks, and speaks, and speaks, and speaks: the best bits
Venture Beat - 6 Dec 2012 20:40
BusinessWeek published a huge 800-word 11-page interview with Apple CEO Tim Cook this morning. Here are the best quotes, with some commentary.
How I Got Over My Hatred of Networking
Forbes - 6 Dec 2012 20:18The $100 Million 'X Train' Will Be A Party From L.A. To Vegas
Forbes - 6 Dec 2012 20:07Measure your brainwaves and modify your mind
Venture Beat - 6 Dec 2012 20:02
Can a sleek headband which reads your brainwaves help you to achieve inner peace? Interaxon's CEO, Ariel Garten certainly thinks so. Her company's first product, Muse, is an EEG (Electroencephalography) headband which de...
Win an all-expenses trip to CES 2013 in Las Vegas for two!
Venture Beat - 6 Dec 2012 20:02
Sponsored Post CES 2013 is right around the corner, and tech experts and enthusiasts alike are eagerly anticipating the newest unveil in announcements, tech products, and gadgets.
Google courts photographers with Snapseed for Android release
Venture Beat - 6 Dec 2012 20:01
Google today released an Android version of the sophisticated photo-editing application Snapseed, a product it picked up in its acquisition of photography software developer Nik Software. The company also updated the Sna...
Yes, you can hack a pacemaker (and other medical devices too)
Venture Beat - 6 Dec 2012 19:42
Guest Post Millions of people rely on these brilliant technologies to stay alive. But as we put more electronic devices into our bodies, we must address the serious security challenges that come with them.
Four steps to finding and keeping killer employees (infographic)
Venture Beat - 6 Dec 2012 19:39
So many startups and so many tech companies are hiring and searching for talent right now that diving into the hiring pool might seem a surefire way to break your neck.