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MLK Anniversary To Be Celebrated In DC With Crowdfunding Conference Featuring Mark Cuban
Forbes - 3 Aug 2013 23:24President Obama lifts ban on sale of some iPhones & iPads
Venture Beat - 3 Aug 2013 22:24
Good news for Apple: Today, the Obama Administration vetoed a trade ban on the sale of some iPhone and iPad devices.
Why making 'consent' the center of privacy law is important
Venture Beat - 3 Aug 2013 22:13
Even though they failed at passing major privacy legislation in their home state of Montana, two unlikely partners are trying to put out a bill that could be a model to the rest of the country.
Who's Who Of Social Enterprises Registers As Benefit Corps. In Delaware
Forbes - 3 Aug 2013 20:33Estate Tax Portability - Making the Portability Election in General
Forbes - 3 Aug 2013 20:23
In our last post we discussed what estate tax portability, made permanent by the American Tax Relief Act of 2012, does. This post gives an overview of what executors must do in order to elect portability.
Hashtag creator leaves Google to join a 6-person startup
Venture Beat - 3 Aug 2013 20:17
Google developer advocate Chris Messina is leaving the search giant to join a tiny startup. During his 1300 days at Google, Messina spearheaded a number of community-focused initiatives, including the Google Developers s...
Former SAP exec faces 30 days in jail for stealing LEGOs
Venture Beat - 3 Aug 2013 19:47
Thomas Langenbach put fraudulent bar codes on LEGO kits at different Target stores in Silicon Valley. He made a profit selling the stolen goods on eBay.
Facebook's pays out $1M to people hacking it
Venture Beat - 3 Aug 2013 17:00
Facebook's bug bounty program is growing up and giving out lots of money.
Shanghai Tower: China's Tallest Building
Forbes - 3 Aug 2013 12:17
Shanghai Tower, China's tallest building and the world's No. 2 in height at 127 stories, held a topping-out ceremony today, more than four years after the start of construction in 2008. The views of Shanghai are unrivale...
Funding Daily: Short and sweet
Venture Beat - 3 Aug 2013 01:23
Early-stage startups RebelMouse and Voxy scored funding today.
SolSource surpasses Kickstarter goal by 3X to offset summer CO2 emissions
Venture Beat - 3 Aug 2013 01:08
Last Fourth of July, barbecues generated more CO2 in a single day than many African nations produce in a year. One SolSource solar grill can offset the carbon footprint of 4 Americans.
Chipotle is killing social, and we're letting them get away with it
Venture Beat - 3 Aug 2013 00:54
Guest Post Why Chipotle faked its own hack in a bid to raise awareness for its 20th anniversary.
Angel investors put $20B a year into startups (infographic)
Venture Beat - 3 Aug 2013 00:20
Angel investors put money into approximately 60K startups a year, and angel-funded startups are significantly more likely to survive.