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How Two Entrepreneurs Found A Way To Sell Sustainable Luxury In India, For Less
Forbes - 27 Jul 2015 23:57
What began as a simple ode to the old-world leisurely lifestyle that India once boasted, two female entrepreneurs have turned into an enterprise that is testament to the power of the country?s e-commerce market, when the...
Funding Daily: Today's tech funding news, in one place
Venture Beat - 27 Jul 2015 23:18
Here's a list of today's tech funding stories, updated as the day unfolds. Tip us here if you have a deal to share. GSR launches investment $5B fund Chinese firm GSR Capital announced a new $5 billion mergers and acquisi...
The Work-Life Balance Fallacy
Forbes - 27 Jul 2015 23:12
It doesn?t take much more than a quick scroll through my Twitter feed to see countless mentions, lists and hacks revolving around the ever-elusive goal of ?work-life balance.? The phrase itself gets Googled an average of...
Medium updates rules to suppress harassment and revenge porn
Venture Beat - 27 Jul 2015 22:56
Medium is the latest blogging platform to start curbing content. Medium has updated its rules to prevent bloggers from using the platform to publish revenge porn, personal information about another individual, and posts ...
Wix Founders Put Their Heads Together to Create Thriving, Globally In-Demand Website Design Company
Forbes - 27 Jul 2015 22:46
Founded in 2006, Wix has been helping all types of business owners around the world create and customize world-class websites for free. The company now has over 68 million users in 190 countries as well as a team of 1,00...
Nest Cam reviewed: High marks for ease of use and connectivity
Venture Beat - 27 Jul 2015 22:31
The set-up process was intuitive, which was a welcome departure from some of the other products I've tried.
Lessons From Whitney Houston's Will And Bobbi Kristina's Tragic Death
Forbes - 27 Jul 2015 21:38
After a six-month coma, the life of Bobbi Kristina Brown, Whitney Houston's daughter, has tragically ended. Just how tragic her short life really was may not be known for some time. But the details that have recently...
9 Reasons Your Site Isn't Ranking In Search Results
Forbes - 27 Jul 2015 21:36
Whether you've experienced a sudden drop in traffic, or simply never managed to get your site ranking in the first place, this article will help you diagnose your ranking problems.
The Turkish Enigma
Forbes - 27 Jul 2015 21:29
By George Friedman
Exclusive Interview: Actor Patrick Dempsey Talks About World Endurance Racing, TAG Heuer and Time
Forbes - 27 Jul 2015 20:54
Patrick Dempsey -- aka dreamy Dr. Derek Shepherd in Grey's Anatomy -- talks about how he we went from acting to World Endurance Racing, and how it all started because he knew how to juggle and ride a unicycle.
Y Combinator-backed Mimir speeds up feedback with automated grading for professors
Venture Beat - 27 Jul 2015 20:52
Mimir, named for the Norse god of knowledge and wisdom, is a platform for enabling colleges and universities to create better engineers.
IFTTT launches a Spotify channel, but offers nothing useful
Venture Beat - 27 Jul 2015 20:47
IFTTT is a web-based service that lets users set up automated actions between apps that might not ordinarily talk to one another. But it doesn't have much to say to Spotify yet.
Taplytics adds new 'smart push' to get the right message to the right person at the right time
Venture Beat - 27 Jul 2015 20:33
VB INSIGHT: The mobile marketing automation player is trying to go deep, not broad, in making the hundreds of daily interruptions that push generates useful rather than annoying.
Nintendo's NX could be the Wii of augmented and virtual reality, predicts one analyst
Venture Beat - 27 Jul 2015 19:50
Nintendo may find a way to make the VR/AR device for everyone.
eBay kills its Valet, Fashion, and Motors apps, retires eBay Now service
Venture Beat - 27 Jul 2015 19:48
Just a week after spinning off PayPal, eBay is cleaning house.
Five Lessons On The 'Security Of Things' From The Jeep Cherokee Hack
Forbes - 27 Jul 2015 19:31
Last week, Wired published an account describing how two security researchers, Charlie Miller and Chris Valasek, were able to wirelessly hack into a Jeep Cherokee, first taking control of the entertainment system and win...
Web personalizer Qubit partners with Apptimize to add mobile apps to its repertoire
Venture Beat - 27 Jul 2015 19:30
EXCLUSIVE: Qubit, which helps personalize websites and mobile websites, is today getting into apps.
What To Do When You're Overloaded With Innovation Ideas
Forbes - 27 Jul 2015 19:30
Getting lots of ideas is a key part of innovation and a great way to engage employees. But unless you have a process to manage these ideas, you run the risk of wasting not only the content, but also the good will that co...
The 3 Main Reasons Advertising Mergers Fail
Forbes - 27 Jul 2015 19:27
Advertising does not suffer from a scarcity of egos, and when strong management teams are coming together there is usually a clash.
Tired Of Being Bugged By Salespeople? Try Listening To Them
Forbes - 27 Jul 2015 19:00
One thing I’ve learned in my years as a business owner is that advice can sometimes be found in surprising places. Here's a great example: salespeople can be an untapped well of knowledge.
Shinra Technologies launches dev tools to build massive cloud-based game worlds
Venture Beat - 27 Jul 2015 18:45
Shinra is making the dev kit available in both English and Japanese.
Yahoo launches live news show with Katie Couric
Venture Beat - 27 Jul 2015 18:30
The new show, called Yahoo News Live, will air daily at 1 p.m. ET.