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Survey: 38% of small merchants may not be ready for switch to EMV credit cards
Venture Beat - 28 Feb 2015 04:00
Guest:Many small merchants are uncertain about how to best approach EMV for their businesses. The most common reason for not wanting to EMV-enabled POS systems is cost.
Read the Fine Print Before You Incorporate Out of State
NuWire - 28 Feb 2015 23:28
“You should incorporate your business in Delaware. You’ll save a ton of money.” If you’re an entrepreneur starting a new business, chances are that someone you know shared that advice (or something similar) with ...
Helping Small Business Lenders Up Their Game
Forbes - 28 Feb 2015 23:25
The Small Business Finance Collaborative aims to help Community Development Financial Institutions supply more credit to small companies in low-wealth areas.
Making non-profits more tech-savvy: GoodWeave serves as an example
Forbes - 28 Feb 2015 22:21
How (and why) should non-profits become more tech-savvy? GoodWeave offers an example of how a robust tech-based system can help an organization operate at scale. Nobel Peace Prize winner Kailash Satyarthi founded GoodWea...
Former RadiumOne CEO making amends
Venture Beat - 28 Feb 2015 22:00
Fired from RadiumOne last year after refusing to resign amid allegations he had beaten his girlfriend, Gurbaksh Chahal appeared in court on Friday where a judge commended his "very good" progress completing classes relat...
The two women behind the viral dress want to turn it into something positive for girls
Venture Beat - 28 Feb 2015 21:00
T-shirts are selling for $14.99 and allow the wearer to declare which colors they saw.
Retail could do to health care what Uber has done to taxis
Venture Beat - 28 Feb 2015 20:00
Guest:Wall Street is searching for the next industry that can be Uber-fied. And recent movement from the U.S.'s biggest retailers into the primary care business indicates that health care might be it.
Driving adoption: Why mobile video is critical to Lyft's advertising mix
Venture Beat - 28 Feb 2015 19:00
Guest:For Lyft, running video ads on mobile was an obvious choice to attract new riders and educate the market on ridesharing.
Looking East: The Western advance on China's burgeoning mobile gaming market
Venture Beat - 28 Feb 2015 18:00
Feature:Western developers need to think smart if they want a piece of China's $18.5 billion gaming industry.
Uber says it was hacked -- last spring
Venture Beat - 28 Feb 2015 16:52
The company discovered the breach in September, and said it occurred in May of 2014. It's not clear why it waited until now to make the event public.
The Azerbaijan litmus test: Can money and government create a tech hub?
Venture Beat - 28 Feb 2015 16:00
Guest:When Azerbaijan began pumping millions of barrels of crude oil from its Caspian Sea fields through the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline in 2006, the country suddenly became flush with cash. Now the government is turnin...
Joye To The World: Charm Bracelets For A Cause
Forbes - 28 Feb 2015 10:00
There is a new fashion accessory that aims to make the world a better place to live in. Launched this February 2015, Joye is a fashion start-up based in Hong Kong founded by Dr. Joerg Zobel that creates customized-cha...
Tax Preparation Alert For Those With Stock-Based Compensation
Forbes - 28 Feb 2015 09:41
Warning: A recent change in Form 1099-B basis reporting rules for employee stock options, employee stock purchase plan shares and restricted stock grants can result in duplicate reporting of the income. Don't take a chan...
Facebook's 'active' users aren't so active anymore, says survey data
Venture Beat - 28 Feb 2015 02:15
Guest:While Facebook's active user numbers are in decline, its member and visitor numbers are either holding steady or increasing. Clearly, we have a large group of Facebookers who are checking the site but not actually ...
What color is #TheDress? Facebook is analyzing your answers to this question, too, of course
Venture Beat - 28 Feb 2015 01:49
The Internet went nuts yesterday debating the color of a striped dress. Facebook analyzed the debate and came up with some data on who supported which color combination.
Google launches a dashboard to update developers on the status of Cloud Platform services
Venture Beat - 28 Feb 2015 00:06
A solid dashboard showing the health of a slew of Google cloud services is a crucial feature for engineers.