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How Shark Ate Dyson's Lunch In America's Vacuum Cleaners Market
Forbes - 30 Dec 2014 04:45
Britain’s Dyson knows a thing or two about innovation and shaking up tired consumer products. But over the past year it has lost its leadership of the US vacuum cleaners market, the largest in the world.
PSN down again for many on Monday evening
Venture Beat - 30 Dec 2014 00:27
After finally getting PlayStation Network back up and running yesterday, Sony's online infrastructure is once again on the fritz.
The Pirate Bay story will continue in 2015
Venture Beat - 30 Dec 2014 23:42
Don't lower the flag for file-sharing site The Pirate Bay yet, despite its being down for 21 days and counting.
Boardroom To Business Plan
Forbes - 30 Dec 2014 23:34
Five young female entrepreneurs who left the corporate world behind to pursue high growth startups.
Watch the Space Station fly by the moon at over 17,000 mph
Venture Beat - 30 Dec 2014 23:31
A video shot from Ganot, Israel shows the ISS transiting the moon at high speed.
Fiksu: Volume of app downloads skyrocketed in November
Venture Beat - 30 Dec 2014 22:00
The mobile market is continuing to grow, according to Fiksu
T-Mobile CEO Legere unleashes profanities and profundities in his 2015 predictions
Venture Beat - 30 Dec 2014 21:53
Legere says his company will become the No. 3 U.S. wireless company next year. He also has some choice words for his Big Telco competitors.
MemSQL releases a tool to easily ship big data into its database
Venture Beat - 30 Dec 2014 21:07
The "LOAD DATA" command had some serious shortcomings, so MemSQL programmers started coding.
SXSW Honors DC Startup: Tech Meets Social Impact at PCDN
Forbes - 30 Dec 2014 20:45
Over 33,000 people tap into this online portal. Most of them “do-gooders” with an intent to bring about social change scan the site’s fellowships, job listings, and overseas programs for new opportunities. With...
Plug and Play - the Future for Healthcare Diagnostics
Forbes - 30 Dec 2014 20:13
As healthcare is moving toward greater consumerization, devices used for diagnostics are keeping pace and becoming leaner, meaner and even cheaper. Radiology, the “darkroom” of the healthcare world, is now coming int...
FBI confirms: Lizard Squad under investigation for PSN, Xbox Live attacks
Venture Beat - 30 Dec 2014 20:05
U.S. law enforcement wants to punish the people responsible for keeping you from playing Destiny.
Porn, sports, and gambling: Adult entertainment company Vivid teams up with DraftDay owner for daily fantasy sports
Venture Beat - 30 Dec 2014 20:00
Two companies are wagering that two "vice" businesses will go great together.
Civeo's Troubles After Split Underscore Miscues By Jana Partners And Einhorn's Greenlight Capital
Forbes - 30 Dec 2014 19:56
Once a seen as an instant success for activist investors, Civeo is now evidence of their limitations.
How Apple, Google, and Microsoft embrace (and ignore) each others' app stores
Venture Beat - 30 Dec 2014 19:48
When it comes to app development, Apple, Google, and Microsoft all have very different strategies that align with their own business models. So with 2014 almost over, we decided to take a look at the trio’s mobile app ...
South African Billionaire Patrice Motsepe Spends 68-Million Rands On Cape Town Luxury Retreat
Forbes - 30 Dec 2014 19:41
For the Motsepe household, there was a lot of cheer this Christmas season; South Africa's first Black billionaire, Patrice Motsepe and his wife, Dr. Precious Moloi-Motsepe recently purchased a sprawling luxury retreat i...
Hackers are breaking into Origin accounts and making fraudulent purchases
Venture Beat - 30 Dec 2014 19:34
Recent hacks have exposed millions of emails and passwords, and Internet thieves are using that data to buy games .
Is Keyword Research Relevant For 2015?
Forbes - 30 Dec 2014 19:17
A new year is upon us, and it’s time to reevaluate our strategies, set a course for our marketing spend, and move forward in the most logical, cost-effective way possible for our businesses. In the world of SEO, you ca...
Five Traps To Avoid When Deducting Mortgage Interest
Forbes - 30 Dec 2014 19:12
The New Year is upon us. This means that the time for preparing your 2014 tax return draws near. Soon you'll don your colored visor, dust off your ten-key, and get to work filling in your Form 1040. Minutes later, as y...
The 5 biggest moments in stickers, the product that ruled 2014 and beyond
Venture Beat - 30 Dec 2014 19:05
What product changed the world and promised to solve all of humanity's problems? Stickers. Yes, stickers.
Eurozone Chaos And Contagion Are Coming
Forbes - 30 Dec 2014 18:56
Since Greece had to call for an early general election the yield acceleration has been confined to the Hellenic Republic. Unless France and Italy implement serious reform the spectre of contagion could appear once again.
Funding Daily: Today's tech funding news, in one place
Venture Beat - 30 Dec 2014 18:50
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Lizard Squad launches DDoS tool that lets anyone take down online services, starting at $6 per month
Venture Beat - 30 Dec 2014 18:37
It was all a marketing ploy. Meet Lizard Stresser.