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How To Set Your Company Up For Long-Term Success With SEO
Forbes - 13 Oct 2014 15:03
The most important thing to remember about SEO is this: Google -- and your customers -- want great content, period.
100 Swiss Banks Get Ultimatum: Hand Over Americans Or Face U.S. Prosecution
Forbes - 13 Oct 2014 07:02
100 Swiss Banks Rushed To Take A Settlement From The U.S. Justice Department and Avoid Prosecution. Now, They Know Their Cooperation Must Be Total.
Five Important Digital Marketing Elements To Consider
Forbes - 13 Oct 2014 15:11
For a business to succeed in today’s world, it is important to have a strong digital footprint within the internet. Therefore, when a business is defining its marketing plan, it must incorporate a solid digital strateg...
With Apple Pay, adding a credit card is as easy as taking a picture (report)
Venture Beat - 13 Oct 2014 05:00
Good news, iOS devotees: Apple is looking to make mobile payments a breeze with its forthcoming Apple Pay service. Connecting a credit card will be as easy as snapping a picture of it with an iPhone 6 or iPhone 6 Plus, a...
Legendary continues acquistion spree with purchase of Amy Poehler's 'Smart Girls' video network
Venture Beat - 13 Oct 2014 23:45
Smart Girls at the Party, the video content company co-founded by Parks and Rec star Amy Poehler, has been acquired today for an undisclosed amount by Legendary Entertainment. Smart Girls, which was created in 2008 by Po...
Dropbox-owned Mailbox finally launches in public beta for Mac
Venture Beat - 13 Oct 2014 23:43
Today Mailbox, the popular email app acquired by Dropbox last year, made its official debut on the Mac after months of private beta testing. The app’s still in beta, of course, but now anyone can give it a try without ...
Xbox One outsold PlayStation 4 last month, according to analyst estimate
Venture Beat - 13 Oct 2014 23:30
Microsoft gave away a free game in September, and it seems like that worked.
EMC is buying OpenStack startup Cloudscaling
Venture Beat - 13 Oct 2014 23:09
Enterprise storage hardware giant EMC is buying Cloudscaling, one of the earliest startups to sell a distribution of the OpenStack open-source cloud software. A Bloomberg article today reported on the deal’s occurrence...
Common Stresses - and Relieves - of Small Business Owners
Forbes - 13 Oct 2014 23:09
Being a small business owner doesn't come with a job description, and more often than not it includes unforeseen stresses and challenges that are out of the business owner's control. As a result, more and more entreprene...
Expensive Town, Unhappy Startups?
Forbes - 13 Oct 2014 22:56
Startups are usually strapped for cash. The ones promising enough to receive large checks from venture capitalists and investors are not so much jumping for joy because they’ve won the lottery, rather because they know...
Automattic's new Google Apps integration connects Gmail and Drive to WordPress.com
Venture Beat - 13 Oct 2014 22:32
Today WordPress maker Automattic announced a new deal with Google, bringing Google Apps features directly into the WordPress.com dashboard. According to Automattic, “the Google Apps for Work integration” enables user...
Chinese Brands Have Begun Their Assault On The American Market. Believe It.
Forbes - 13 Oct 2014 22:06
Mark 2014 as the year the tide started to turn. The brand value tide. This year, we see a lot of talk devoted to the just-released fact from the Interbrand’s Best Global Brands report that both Apple and Google's bran...
Digital health and traditional med-tech companies have a lot to learn from each other
Venture Beat - 13 Oct 2014 22:00
In the last few years, traditional Medtech has been feeling a significant impact from digital health innovations.
Facebook goes all-in on stickers, bets millennials will love 'em
Venture Beat - 13 Oct 2014 21:14
Finally, after all these years, Facebook now has stickers. Stickers for leaving comments on posts. Instead of using words. It’s going to be great. Actually, Facebook first launched stickers back in April 2013, but only...
Meet Prizm, the gadget that helps your favorite speaker learn your music taste
Venture Beat - 13 Oct 2014 20:00
What the Nest does for the temperature, Prizm does for the music in your house: It learns what you like and adjusts the environment to suit your needs. You can preorder it now on Kickstarter, where Prizm has just started...
Coinbase hires a key ally for Bitcoin: Senate's former Homeland Security adviser
Venture Beat - 13 Oct 2014 19:50
Bitcoin wallet Coinbase just announced a new hire to head up government affairs. In a blog post the company welcomed former senior adviser to the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, John Collins....
Microsoft says 1 million people signed up to test Windows 10
Venture Beat - 13 Oct 2014 19:40
Over the weekend, Microsoft crossed the 1 million registrant mark for its Windows Insider program, Microsoft VP Joe Belfiore announced in a blog post today. “That equates to a lot of people using the Windows 10 Technic...
Connecting EHR data to achieve 'One Patient, One Record'
Venture Beat - 13 Oct 2014 19:35
No one disputes the benefits of electronic health records. But interoperability between EHR systems and providers remains a big challenge.
Are You Building A Business For Where The Market Was?
Forbes - 13 Oct 2014 19:12
Key performance building blocks for any business are good financial management, logistics, efficient manufacturing, a healthy corporate culture, marketing and inventory management. The fundamentals for each of these disc...
3 Fatal Social-Media Traps (And How To Avoid Them)
Forbes - 13 Oct 2014 19:02
Social media is a sink hole. A company can pour all its available manpower and time, yet still barely make a dent. There's a natural tendency to make three critical mistakes. Almost every business makes them at one time ...
Hello Doctor gets $700K for its personal medical records app
Venture Beat - 13 Oct 2014 19:00
The company's app can now integrate with the patient record portals of half of U.S. hospitals.
Data-intelligence firm Newzoo opens Shanghai office to monitor growing Asian market
Venture Beat - 13 Oct 2014 19:00
With Chinese gamers spending more than ever on games, Newzoo aims to solidify its position with its partners in that region.