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Illinois Lawsuit Challenges Tax Credit Program For Encouraging Job Retention
Forbes - 20 Jan 2015 18:10
Should job creation and job retention be treated as equal for purposes of the Illinois EDGE tax credit program?
4 Email Marketing Goals To Set In 2015 (And How To Make Sure You Actually Achieve Them)
Forbes - 20 Jan 2015 16:51
By Ryan Pinkham
Tax Geek Tuesday: Understanding Partnership Distributions, Part 1
Forbes - 20 Jan 2015 15:29
It's been eons since we've had a Tax Geek Tuesday, but that's not to say I've shirked my responsibility of trying to make sense of the nether regions of the Internal Revenue Code. For the past few months, I've been tr...
SpaceX raises $1B from Google and Fidelity, valuing company at over $10B
Venture Beat - 20 Jan 2015 23:31
The new capital will be used to continue developing space transport, improving reusability, and funding satellite manufacturing.
Trippeo's travel expense software takes care of everything -- even looking up flights
Venture Beat - 20 Jan 2015 23:30
Trippeo combines nifty automation features and easy tools for manually reporting expenses.
AMD slightly misses Wall Street's earnings targets, but hits revenue target
Venture Beat - 20 Jan 2015 23:23
AMD is a bellwether for both the PC and game console markets. The company expects to be profitable in 2015.
How to Build Credibility as a Young Entrepreneur
Forbes - 20 Jan 2015 23:19
Any entrepreneur will tell you that startup life is not for the easily daunted. Rejection, product failures, and isolation are just a few of the tests that many entrepreneurs are put through on a routine basis. Add youth...
Netflix now has 57.4 million subscribers, plans to add 4 million more next quarter
Venture Beat - 20 Jan 2015 23:09
Today Netflix released its fourth quarter numbers, revealing non GAAP earnings per share (EPS) of $0.72 and 4.33 million new subscribers. Analysts estimated earnings of $0.45 per share. The video distributor reported $1....
IGT's DoubleDown Casino launches Wheel of Fortune Extra Spin mobile slots game
Venture Beat - 20 Jan 2015 23:05
IGT focuses on combing slots fun with well-known brands.
How to watch and follow tonight's State Of the Union online
Venture Beat - 20 Jan 2015 21:53
Tonight, President Barack Obama will deliver one of his last State of the Union addresses, and it’s being live-streamed online with all sorts of digital bells and whistles. Here’s a rundown of how to follow along all...
Khan Academy's new math handwriting recognition software is impressive (video)
Venture Beat - 20 Jan 2015 21:15
It provides easy recognition of handwritten math.
Game company exits topped $24B in 2014
Venture Beat - 20 Jan 2015 21:00
Guest:As corporate buyers invade gaming, midtier firms are feeling the big squeeze.
Asana ditches HTML5 for its first native Android app
Venture Beat - 20 Jan 2015 20:58
The task-management startup is showing some love for its users on Android devices.
Twitter for Windows Phone now supports Cortana and sharing from Internet Explorer
Venture Beat - 20 Jan 2015 20:27
Twitter has given its Windows Phone app an update that lets users employ Cortana, Microsoft's Siri-like assistant, to launch and write a new tweet.
Facebook tweaks News Feed to show fewer hoaxes
Venture Beat - 20 Jan 2015 20:21
Facebook users had been complaining about seeing too many hoaxes in their feeds. Now they will see fewer.
Evernote axes Hello and Peek apps, cuts back on BlackBerry support
Venture Beat - 20 Jan 2015 20:16
Evernote is cleaning house, and its Hello and Peek apps are getting the axe, along with support for BlackBerry 7 and BlackBerry PlayBook, the company announced today. The company will cut off support for these on Feb. 7,...
Chrome 40 for iOS arrives with Material Design, Handoff support to your default browser on OS X
Venture Beat - 20 Jan 2015 20:12
Google today released Chrome 40 for iOS. You can download the new version now directly from Apple’s App Store. The first change you’ll notice in version 40.0.2214.61 is the implementation of Google’s Material Desig...
'It's total bullshit,' says T-Mobile CEO to claims that 'Uncarrier' model is unsustainable
Venture Beat - 20 Jan 2015 20:04
Deutsche Telekom uses a slightly more refined public relations approach than Legere.
Look out, 'brain games' -- the Federal Trade Commission is cracking down
Venture Beat - 20 Jan 2015 20:00
The FTC has reached an agreement with a company that made brain-games for small children.
Former Xbox entertainment boss and 'The Oatmeal' co-create hilarious Exploding Kittens card game
Venture Beat - 20 Jan 2015 20:00
It will be like playing Russian Roulette, where the loser is the person who draws the Exploding Kitten card.
GitHub Enterprise 2.1.0 gets a monitoring tool -- and OpenStack KVM support
Venture Beat - 20 Jan 2015 20:00
Code-repository company GitHub is giving companies more options for deploying its software in on-premises data centers, which should help the tool become more popular for collaborating on and shipping software. Today’s...
Mobile app analytics: What winning mobile developers use (webinar)
Venture Beat - 20 Jan 2015 19:35
VB Webinar:What KPIs matter, what KPIs don't ... and how can you tell the difference? That's just one of the question we'll be answering in a free webinar next week.