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Student Detained 5 Days Without Food Or Water By DEA Settles For $4.1M
Forbes - 1 Aug 2013 07:30Adobe goes crazy, gives its apps to teams for a drop-dead low price
Venture Beat - 1 Aug 2013 17:11
For a single user to get this package, the price is $20, so giving the app to a whole work group for $10 more is kind of crazy, but good-crazy, like NeNe Leakes or something.
Facebook's Balancing Act
Forbes - 1 Aug 2013 23:57
Facebook has an interesting management dilemma these days. It must balance the expectations of shareholders, advertisers and most importantly its users. Keeping all groups happy is no easy feat in any business, but Faceb...
iWatch on the way? Apple buys wireless chip maker Passif Semiconductor
Venture Beat - 1 Aug 2013 23:03
Apple has acquired wireless chip manufacturing startup Passif Semiconductor for an undisclosed amount of money.
LinkedIn reports strong Q2 results, membership grows to 238M users
Venture Beat - 1 Aug 2013 22:40
LinkedIn beat the street once again today, reporting strong second quarter earnings and a boost in membership to 238 million users.
AT&T's new retail stores are taken straight from Apple's playbook -- and that's a good thing
Venture Beat - 1 Aug 2013 22:15
AT&T has learned a lot of lessons from Apple about how to run a retail store. And thank God for that.
Doximity launches a 'digital fax line' to alleviate doctors' pain (exclusive)
Venture Beat - 1 Aug 2013 21:59
"Health-tech companies have great visions for the future -- but we also have to solve the problems that doctors still have today," said Doximity CEO Jeff Tangney.
Watch Curiosity's first year on Mars in two minutes (video)
Venture Beat - 1 Aug 2013 21:26
About a year ago, NASA's Curiosity Rover touched down successfully on Mars. To celebrate the one-year anniversary, here's a two-minute video of the rover exploring Mars.
Moto X: The phone of the future, built on Motorola and Google's legacies
Venture Beat - 1 Aug 2013 21:00
What if Google could pull an Apple and design its own smartphone from scratch? And what if it could tap into Motorola's decades of expertise to do so? Today Motorola officially unveiled the Moto X, its not-so-secret, mad...
Velti owes Mobclix developers an estimated $30M in overdue ad payments
Venture Beat - 1 Aug 2013 20:50
Velti's financial situation is creating big headaches for developers using its Mobclix platform.
Television is changing, so why aren't your ads?
Venture Beat - 1 Aug 2013 20:39
Guest Post The almighty TV ad spot won't be king forever. Here's why ads should be changing to fit today's diverse media world.
Hootsuite nabs a massive $165M for 'marketing and international expansion'
Venture Beat - 1 Aug 2013 20:30
The four-year-old social media management startup just raised $165 million for strategic acquisitions, marketing and international expansion.
iLiteracy: New iPad app teaches little ones how to read
Venture Beat - 1 Aug 2013 20:07
Learn with Homer is a new learning app developed by an education reformer and mother of three daughters. It can teach kids to read, and exposes them to history, science, and other subjects.
A Melon For Your Melon: Wearable Tech For Your Brain
Forbes - 1 Aug 2013 19:55NSA may not be tracking your calls, but it knows what you're Googling
Venture Beat - 1 Aug 2013 19:40
The NSA spent much of yesterday talking about how limited its telephone call-tracking program is. But it failed to address new revelations about other tracking programs -- like the ones that can tell what you're Googling...
Five Stocks Shooting Higher
Forbes - 1 Aug 2013 19:13
With stocks raging higher on Thursday, here are five to watch with exceptional momentum.
Android reaches massive 80% market share, Windows Phone hits global high, iPhone languishes
Venture Beat - 1 Aug 2013 19:02
This really is Mac versus PC all over again, as iOS hit its lowest levels since 2010.
Hipmunk takes on HotelTonight with last-minute hotel deals
Venture Beat - 1 Aug 2013 18:55
Hipmunk, a popular startup striving to make travel search easier, released a mobile app for booking last-minute hotel deals today.
Senior security: New credit card protects your grandma from online fraud
Venture Beat - 1 Aug 2013 18:50
Serial entrepreneur Kai Stinchcombe just launched True Link Financial to protect his grandmother -- and others like her -- from online scammers.
STAYING FOCUSED ON OUR CUSTOMERS HELPED US INNOVATE
Forbes - 1 Aug 2013 18:13The top 10 cloud-based tools for developers
Venture Beat - 1 Aug 2013 18:00
With this list, we'll name and keep track of 10 cloud-based, XaaS (everything as a service) companies that boast not only innovative products but also market momentum, cross-platform capabilities, and a forward-looking v...