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Chrome 40 beta arrives with revamped bookmarks manager, removes SSL 3.0 completely
Venture Beat - 19 Nov 2014 19:32
Less than a day after releasing the stable version of Chrome 39, Google has announced Chrome 40 beta for Windows, Mac, and Linux. Details are still scarce on everything included in this new release, but we do know it fea...
Will Nokia be competing with itself?
Venture Beat - 19 Nov 2014 05:45
Disclosure: The organizers of Slush paid my way to Helsinki. Our coverage remains objective. HELSINKI — In front of a giant and sympathetic crowd here, Nokia unveiled its N1 Android tablet. The new device marks the Fin...
SendHub grabs $5M to put your office phone system on your cellphone
Venture Beat - 19 Nov 2014 21:33
Business communications should be just as easy and convenient as the personal cell phone plans and services you buy, says SendHub. The Y Combinator-backed startup has been putting companies’ phone systems in employee p...
Summit on mobile marketing features A-list of bullish mobile entertainment sector
Venture Beat - 19 Nov 2014 23:00
Sponsored:Coming to LA on Dec. 3rd, the 10th [a]list summit curates a high-level conversation about the most critical topics concerning mobile with some of the most successful companies in the space -- both established a...
CamioCam's app turns any mobile device -- or browser -- into a home surveillance camera
Venture Beat - 19 Nov 2014 23:35
Keeping an eye on your house while you’re away doesn’t have to mean spending a lot of money on fancy cameras — or even buying cameras at all. CamioCam, a company that turns your smartphone or tablet into a surveill...
A Zappos pop-up shop becomes a test to change the nature of mom-and-pop retail
Venture Beat - 19 Nov 2014 23:29
Online retail giant Zappos.com has just launched a 20,000-foot physical retail store in its home of downtown Las Vegas. The experimental space is run in partnership with retail logistics startup OrderWithMe, which just r...
Lead Like Benioff: 5 Surprising Strategies for Out-Of-The-Ballpark Success
Forbes - 19 Nov 2014 23:11
I had the chance to meet Marc Benioff and listen to his keynote address at the Utah Technology Conference's 2014 Hall of Fame Celebration. Here are five lessons I learned.
The Value of Naiveté: Three Tips for Aspiring Entrepreneurs
Forbes - 19 Nov 2014 23:09
Last week, my organization, Root Capital, celebrated our 15th birthday with friends from around the world. Included in the crowd was Jonathan Rosenthal, a steadfast supporter and trusted advisor, and a pioneer within the...
Angels Among Us -- Huge Impact On Main Street And Growing Global Reach
Forbes - 19 Nov 2014 22:49
Thursday, November 20 the important role angel investors play in helping startups grow is being celebrated as part of the first ever Global Business Angels Day, part of Global Entrepreneurship Week. Angels are often a ...
Why Customer Retention Is King: The Evolution Of Retention Marketing
Forbes - 19 Nov 2014 22:21
The primary objective of Retention Marketing – to keep customers engaged and interested in your products and services – has not changed, but the way companies approach customer retention has. Thanks to constantly-evo...
The Top Ten Tax Cases (And Rulings) Of 2014: #6-The IRS (Finally) Figures Out The Real Estate Professional Rules
Forbes - 19 Nov 2014 22:20
It's finally over. The October 15th tax deadline is behind us, which means for tax practitioners, our return filings are mercifully finished for the year. Unless of course, you chose to make your career in the not-for...
Google acquires iOS prototyping company RelativeWave, makes Form for Mac free
Venture Beat - 19 Nov 2014 21:45
Today RelativeWave, makers of iOS prototyping tool Form for Mac, announced it has been acquired by Google. With this deal, RelativeWave is making its flagship Mac app free. The company also hinted that it may expand to n...
In The Smart Home, The 'Smart Kitchen' May Be Biggest Opportunity Of All
Forbes - 19 Nov 2014 21:35
Smart home technology is beginning to show up in the kitchen, which could change the way we acquire, prep and cook food over the next decade.
Stop Listening To People Like Warren Buffett On Taxes
Forbes - 19 Nov 2014 21:13
Many Americans were enamored by Warren Buffett's calls for higher taxes, but actions speak louder than words.
Educating Ashton Kutcher's followers on why attacking journalists is a (very) bad idea
Venture Beat - 19 Nov 2014 20:44
Actor, Uber investor, and hair-trigger tweeter Ashton Kutcher complained this morning about how it’s unfair that journalists “should be exempt from ridicule and judgement and probing.” Not surprisingly, the reactio...
Beats Music will become a paid service within iOS early next year, report says
Venture Beat - 19 Nov 2014 20:36
Apple’s plans for Beats Music are finally becoming clear: The company will reportedly bundle the music subscription service into iOS next year. The service will remain a subscription service after it becomes part of th...
Heroku adds Beta Dropbox Sync, giving devs a new way to push code to the cloud platform
Venture Beat - 19 Nov 2014 20:29
Now there’s a whole new way to keep the latest version of an application’s code hanging around — and a new way to contribute code to existing apps, too. Cloud provider Heroku today announced a new integration with ...
Ad fraud stopper Enbrite.ly snares $500K prize at Slush 2014 event
Venture Beat - 19 Nov 2014 20:00
Startup beats out 100 other applications to claim Helsinki event's big prize.
FTC shuts down tech support companies for selling $120M worth of fake software & services
Venture Beat - 19 Nov 2014 19:48
Today, the Federal Trade Commission and the state of Florida have obtained federal court orders for a list of companies allegedly selling fraudulent computer software and tech support services, according to a release. Th...
Google's Chrome browser hits 400M monthly active users on mobile, up from 300M in June
Venture Beat - 19 Nov 2014 19:30
Mobile device owners are switching on Google’s Chrome browser en masse. Google announced new mobile usage figures at its Chrome Dev Summit in Mountain View, Calif., today, and the growth is clear. Chrome has picked up ...
BitTorrent unveils Sync 2.0 and three new paid products coming in 2015, including Pro version for $40/year
Venture Beat - 19 Nov 2014 19:00
Sync 2.0 is coming. So are three other Sync products, for a price.
Five Restaurants, Two Brothers And One Killer Burrito: A Small Business Success Story [Video]
Forbes - 19 Nov 2014 18:59
California natives Leo and Oliver Kremer felt New York City was missing a truly outstanding burrito joint. So the two brothers founded Dos Toros Taqueria and successfully expanded to five locations.