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As Amazon, eBay remove Confederate flags, Nazi items on sale
Venture Beat - 25 Jun 2015 05:00
Amazon and eBay sharply cut the number of Confederate flag products on their sites a day after vowing to remove them, but in a sign of the difficulty of removing controversial content, Nazi-era memorabilia are listed on ...
Microsoft releases new Windows 10 Mobile preview with flashlight quick action, animated GIF support in Photos app
Venture Beat - 25 Jun 2015 23:59
Microsoft today rolled out a new preview build of Windows 10 for phones. Build 10149 for people in the fast ring of the Windows Insider program provides a few updates that users have been asking for, and it finally chang...
StartUp Health is raising $30M in new funding, Aurora Health throws in the first $5M
Venture Beat - 25 Jun 2015 23:54
StartUp will use the new funding rounds to "to help accelerate the review and adoption of innovations aimed at transforming the delivery of care," the accelerator said in a statement.
Kindle is launching new share buttons on Android for WhatsApp and Messenger
Venture Beat - 25 Jun 2015 22:30
Amazon wants to get people texting about books.
OnePlus will launch its second flagship smartphone, the OnePlus 2, at a virtual reality event on July 27
Venture Beat - 25 Jun 2015 21:11
OnePlus is launching the follow-up to its flagship "One" smartphone on July 28.
NASA is taking Microsoft's HoloLens to space
Venture Beat - 25 Jun 2015 21:00
The new hardware and software combo is a product called Sidekick.
Satya Nadella unveils Microsoft's new mission: Empowering everyone on the planet
Venture Beat - 25 Jun 2015 20:52
Microsoft chief executive Satya Nadella today announced a new mission statement for the worldwide technology company. “Our mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more,” Nad...
Facebook is no more diverse than it was a year ago
Venture Beat - 25 Jun 2015 20:43
Today Facebook released its latest set of diversity stats, and it's all promises for the future.
Google starts road tests of new self-driving car prototypes
Venture Beat - 25 Jun 2015 20:42
Google said it had started testing the latest prototypes of its self-driving cars on Mountain View, California roads, with safety drivers aboard.
Gov. Cuomo's START-UP NY Supporters Urge Patience With Anemic Job Creation
Forbes - 25 Jun 2015 20:21
START-UP NY, introduced by Cuomo in 2014, created tax-free zones through academic institutions in the New York state area for qualifying start-ups. The program has faced significant opposition from state policymakers and...
Kate Upton is expensive. Sources say Machine Zone is trying to raise $500M for Game of War: Fire Age
Venture Beat - 25 Jun 2015 20:15
EXCLUSIVE: Machine Zone's funding attempt seems puzzling.
Playwire cuts rates for streaming and hosting video
Venture Beat - 25 Jun 2015 20:00
EXCLUSIVE: Playwire has more than 3,400 publishers with billions of streams of video.
Rand Paul's Tax Ideas Are Worth Serious Consideration
Forbes - 25 Jun 2015 19:50
Rand Paul has released his tax plan, to unbridled acrimony from the left, but there is a lot of good there.
The Power of Country Music -- A CMA Music Festival Reflection
Forbes - 25 Jun 2015 19:21
Earlier this month over 85 thousand Country Music fans descended upon Nashville for the annual CMA Music Festival, and enjoyed over 250 hours of concerts with over 500 artists. This year’s festival broke records with...
When taxi drivers protest, Uber wins
Venture Beat - 25 Jun 2015 19:20
OPINION: Regardless of the way Uber goes about its business, the bottom line is people like the convenience. Protests are the best free marketing Uber could ask for.
Bernie Sanders Calls For 65% Top Estate Tax Rate
Forbes - 25 Jun 2015 18:56
Sanders' "responsible" estate tax has a $3.5 million exemption, top 65% rate, and closes "loopholes" like GRATs, dynasty trusts, even annual exclusion gifting.
Email Marketing: A tough look at what works and what doesn't (webinar)
Venture Beat - 25 Jun 2015 18:55
VB WEBINAR: In VB's recent report on email marketing, we found that nearly 80 percent of email marketers struggle with the basics of maintaining or growing subscribers using email marketing. More than 50 percent are diss...
The Advantages Of Belonging To An Angel Group
Forbes - 25 Jun 2015 18:51
Angel investing as an asset class is continuing to grow and many accredited investors want to learn how they can best get involved. When I’m asked that question I have one simple answer—start with a local angel group...
On-demand delivery startup Postmates now valued at more than $400M after $80M raise
Venture Beat - 25 Jun 2015 18:40
The dream of Kozmo 2.0 lives on.
Tumblr launches Tumblr TV, a platform for surfing GIFs
Venture Beat - 25 Jun 2015 18:00
The new functionality is aimed at better GIF discovery.
Are You Managing Your Company's Great Expectations?
Forbes - 25 Jun 2015 18:00
If you ever received Christmas or birthday gifts when you were growing up, you almost certainly had this experience. Your heart was set on a certain gift, whether it was a specific toy or perhaps the newest, coolest arti...
Sloppy Drafting Saves Obamacare - Supreme Court Upholds Tax Subsidies For All
Forbes - 25 Jun 2015 17:48
For a second time, the Supreme Court was faced with a decision that would effectively kill the President's signature legislation, the health care reform law formally known as the "Affordable Care Act," but affectionatel...