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CPA Faces Prison For Letting Client Deduct Personal Expenses
Forbes - 6 Jun 2014 17:45
It is hard to believe that a CPA could be sent to prison, because of clients running personal expenses through the business , but that may well be in the cards for Larry Couchot of Dayton Ohio. The Department of Justic...
How effective people use social media
Forbes - 6 Jun 2014 17:36
About 99 per cent of professionals fail to optimise the way they use social media. That’s a made-up fact but it’s likely to be true. The main problem is that human beings are vain and while as executives we pretend t...
Will there be enough batteries in the world for electric cars?
Venture Beat - 6 Jun 2014 04:40
As demand for electric cars grows, supply of batteries must grow to meet it. That much is obvious. But just how much is battery demand expected to grow by over the coming years? According to an Electric Vehicle Batteries...
Cloud manager Egenera nabs $16M
Venture Beat - 6 Jun 2014 23:37
As cloud services grow in scope and scale, Egenera argues that enterprise IT teams need help managing it all — and it just closed a sizable funding round to help make its case. Egenera, which makes management software ...
Dylan's Desk: Watch this multi-billion-dollar industry evaporate overnight
Venture Beat - 6 Jun 2014 23:30
Imagine an industry where a few companies make billions of dollars by exerting strict control over valuable information — while paying the people who produce that information nothing at all. That’s the state of acade...
This map reveals exactly where Silicon Valley gets its talent
Venture Beat - 6 Jun 2014 23:15
Where does Silicon Valley’s talent come from? This incredibly detailed map tells all. The visualization, made by Bloomberg Businessweek, shows the top 100 sources of “imported talent,” from both U.S. states and for...
'Cool as s***' Curalate raises $8.5M for better Pinterest, Instagram, Tumblr analytics
Venture Beat - 6 Jun 2014 22:59
“Curalate’s product is cool as s***,” says social media maven Gary Vaynerchuk. “Everyone knows that images are where it’s at, and Curalate is helping brands crush it with images.” That’s probably one of the...
New source: iPhone 6 will feature NFC, wireless charging, better 4G antenna, & a much bigger screen
Venture Beat - 6 Jun 2014 22:14
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Here are the 92 best iPad & Android tablet apps. You decide which one wins the crown
Venture Beat - 6 Jun 2014 22:00
Sponsored Post: The Tabby Awards judging panel has shortlisted the best apps and games for Android and iPad tablets. Now is the time for tablet users to weigh in by voting for the Tabby Awards Users' Choice.
Apple reportedly buys local search app Spotsetter, shuts it down
Venture Beat - 6 Jun 2014 21:41
Social search engine startup Spotsetter is Apple’s latest acquisition, reports TechCrunch. Spotsetter focuses on helping you search for places using big data and providing recommendations for where you might want to go...
So, you made your 'f*** you' money. What's next?
Venture Beat - 6 Jun 2014 21:18
As exits have been flowing nicely again the past few years, many of the entrepreneurs I work with have experienced their first big exit. I refer to this moment as when you find that you have life changing money in ...
Google may scoop up music service Songza for $15M
Venture Beat - 6 Jun 2014 20:43
Google is in talks to purchase streaming music service Songza in a deal worth $15 million, according to a New York Post report published today. Songza creates music mixes based on a variety of themes and factors, includi...
Apple's Swift language gets a new supporter: Facebook-owned Parse
Venture Beat - 6 Jun 2014 20:26
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Twitter documentary for ad execs to feature ad execs watching Twitter documentary for ad execs
Venture Beat - 6 Jun 2014 20:15
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What to expect from Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo at E3
Venture Beat - 6 Jun 2014 19:30
Sony's playing defense, Microsoft's putting the focus back on games, and Nintendo needs to breathe new life into the Wii U. Here's what you can expect from E3.
Why this one man always gets the best seats at E3 (interview)
Venture Beat - 6 Jun 2014 19:15
As mobile games grow in importance, it's a challege for E3 to grow with them.
Uber raises $1.2B at a record-breaking $17B valuation -- and it plans to raise $2M more
Venture Beat - 6 Jun 2014 19:04
Uber has officially pulled the trigger on a new funding round -- a jaw-dropping $1.2 billion, at a $17 billion valuation led by Fidelity Ventures. Uber previously confirmed that it was raising a “record-breaking” fun...
Altair Semiconductor raises another $25M in its quest to make dirt cheap LTE chips
Venture Beat - 6 Jun 2014 18:30
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Jessica Simpson On Why It's Okay To Cry
Forbes - 6 Jun 2014 18:22
While many celebrities have attempted to parlay their A-list status into big bucks at the cash register, few have achieved the level of success that Jessica Simpson has. The pop star has helped to build a fashion and acc...
GamesBeat weekly roundup: Getting ready for E3, a Steam revelation, and Batman gets delayed
Venture Beat - 6 Jun 2014 18:15
Check out our entire week's worth of coverage on VentureBeat's channel for video games, GamesBeat.
Shopping gets snappier in iOS 8 with Safari credit card scanning
Venture Beat - 6 Jun 2014 18:10
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Announcing GamesBeat University at our sixth annual GamesBeat 2014 conference
Venture Beat - 6 Jun 2014 18:00
We'll have speakers that can help you figure out the right thing to do in your game business.