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100 Best Websites For Entrepreneurs
Forbes - 20 May 2014 14:50
Whether you're seeking advice on raising capital, scaling your business or looking for general industry insight, these sites are worth reading.
TMM, Inc. Enters Joint ISR Research Program with Raytheon Company for TMMI's TRUDEF™ Video Compression Technology
Venture Beat - 20 May 2014 22:00
Sponsored Post: TMM, Inc. (TMMI-PK) ("TMMI") or (the "Company") is pleased to announce that it has entered into a joint research program with Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) to test the TRUDEF™ video compression technolog...
Why Do Successful Entrepreneurs Foster Entrepreneurship?
Forbes - 20 May 2014 23:23
The founding fathers of enterprise lived by a simple maxim: crush the little guy. Rockefeller, Carnegie, Morgan and their ilk may have built the modern industrial age but they did it on the carcasses of a million small...
IBM just bought Watson a whole closet full of personalities
Venture Beat - 20 May 2014 20:30
IBM bought Cognea for its "depth of personality" technologies. The startup provides virtual personalities range from "suit-and-tie format to kid-next-door friendly."
Social Media Disrupts The Communication Landscape
Forbes - 20 May 2014 16:53
This article is the first of a 4 part follow up to the earlier published 4 Trends Transforming the Way We Communicate. The original article can be found here.
Some simple but important reminders on how user analytics can help you make more money
Venture Beat - 20 May 2014 03:30
It's easy to forget, but these simple tips will show you the value of understanding user metrics and acting on them.
Is How You Speak Sabotaging Your Success? 7 Ways to Power Up Your Language
Forbes - 20 May 2014 02:57
Psychological research has found that your subconscious interprets what it hears very literally. The words you think and speak therefore create the world in which you inhabit. Your words have immense power. Power to open...
Planes Can Harbor Deadly Germs For 7 Days, Study Shows
Forbes - 20 May 2014 23:55
Airplane armrests, tray tables, and seat pockets harbor a host of deadly germs that can survive for up to a week, new research shows.
Can't code? Who cares -- you can publish your own Flappy Bird clone today with Appy Pie's Game Builder
Venture Beat - 20 May 2014 23:45
I just spent 10 minutes transforming into a game developer, and you could do the same. Cloud-technology company Appy Pie is opening up its Game Builder tool to everyone, and this free application enables just about anyon...
Looker brings big data sets to your dashboard
Venture Beat - 20 May 2014 23:15
Looker is bringing big data analytics to your dashboard and now has 100 clients.
Study finds the Internet will not make you stupid, reminds us that Plato feared the written word
Venture Beat - 20 May 2014 23:10
There's no evidence that the Internet is re-wiring our brains
RMS' risk modeling platform covers 150M insured buildings in the U.S. alone
Venture Beat - 20 May 2014 23:10
RMS has the data that insurers need to make policy decisions.
SingleHop, a cloud provider for non-enterprises, takes $14.8M in debt
Venture Beat - 20 May 2014 23:06
Even cloud providers going after smaller businesses are posting nice growth.
How Kik Is Tackling Its Porn Bot Problem
Forbes - 20 May 2014 22:47
The messaging app adds new privacy controls so users can control what they see from a potentially seedy algorithm.
Messaging apps for couples are so hot right now. Here's a look at the numbers
Venture Beat - 20 May 2014 22:45
Competition is heating up among a special breed of messaging apps: apps made just for couples. As tech’s biggest names clamor over messaging services like WhatsApp, a quiet war is waged to capture the conversations you...
Tax Chauvinism: Who Cares Where a Firm is Incorporated?
Forbes - 20 May 2014 22:30
Following the recent offer by U.S drugmaker Pfizer to acquire British pharmaceutical firm AstraZeneca, congressional Democrats are proposing new limits on the ability of U.S.-based firms to establish foreign residence an...
SEC may make it harder for angels to get their wings
Venture Beat - 20 May 2014 22:16
The Securities and Exchange Commission will review the definition of an “accredited investor” this year, and people in the angel investor community are worried that a new definition would disqualify many would-be and...
These Are Not Your Father's Solar Panels
Forbes - 20 May 2014 22:16
If you're like me, you've had the experience of talking with a door-to-door solar sales person. "Not interested," is always my automatic response when dealing with people who interrupt my day with any sales pitch (except...
Tom Leighton's Journey From MIT Professor to Akamai CEO
Forbes - 20 May 2014 21:42
A Series of Forbes Insights Profiles of Thought Leaders Changing the Business Landscape: Dr. Tom Leighton, Co-Founder and CEO, Akamai...
Pro-grade Photoshop will soon arrive on touchscreens
Venture Beat - 20 May 2014 21:27
What's next in mobile? Find out at MobileBeat, VentureBeat's 7th annual event on the future of mobile, on July 8-9 in San Francisco. Register now and save $400! Photoshop CC is getting friendly with your fingers. The ful...
Beat's Jimmy Iovine could take over Apple's content business, says Jobs biographer
Venture Beat - 20 May 2014 20:50
While Apple has remained tight lipped about the potential $3.2 billion acquisition of Beats Electronics, Steve Jobs biographer Walter Issaacson has some predictions about what Beat’s head honcho could end up doing. Acc...
Hands-on with Surface Pro 3: Microsoft's hybrid tablet isn't so crazy anymore
Venture Beat - 20 May 2014 20:41
What's next in mobile? Find out at MobileBeat, VentureBeat's 7th annual event on the future of mobile, on July 8-9 in San Francisco. Register now and save $400! Microsoft’s quest to create “one device to rule them al...