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Chinese police arrest 15,000 for Internet crimes
Venture Beat - 22 Aug 2015 22:13
Police in China said on Tuesday they had arrested about 15,000 people for crimes that “jeopardized Internet security”, as the government moves to tighten controls on the Internet. Since taking over in 2013, President...
Paul Hansen Receives Below Guideline Sentence - End Of L'affaire Kent Hovind?
Forbes - 22 Aug 2015 21:02
Paul Hansen, Kent Hovind's co-defendant in their March trial for mail fraud and contempt, faced sentencing Friday on his conviction for contempt of court. Judge Margaret Casey Rodgers sentenced Hansen to 18 months in pri...
4 things we learned when Apple rejected our first Watch app
Venture Beat - 22 Aug 2015 20:00
GUEST: At MobilityWare, we're huge believers in Apple products. In fact, when the app store first opened in 2008, we had one of the first games available. So when Apple announced Watch, we quickly ramped up development a...
"Don't Chase The Money": Startup Advice From One Of Europe's Most Influential Women and VCs
Forbes - 22 Aug 2015 17:12
“Don’t Chase The Money, let the money come to you.” Julie Meyer, named by the Wall Street Journal one of Europe’s 30 most influential women, has made those words her mantra. It’s the advice she frequently advis...
Your Strategy Should Be As Unique As Your Business
Forbes - 22 Aug 2015 17:00
You can look at any company's uniqueness and gain a basic understanding about its viable strategic options.
VR's inevitable move to eye control: Why the industry will be taking a lesson from Iron Man
Venture Beat - 22 Aug 2015 16:15
GUEST: Imagine a world where you can control objects with your eyes instead of your hands. With virtual reality moving into the mainstream, this could become an everyday activity. Marvel has already shown us how it could...
Hatch: A quick and easy way to build marketing plans
Nibletz - 22 Aug 2015 16:07
Hatch Marketing Plans What is Hatch? Hatch is a marketing planning tool that enables businesses to quickly create calendars, dashboards and campaign outlines. Who is your target user? Marketing teams of mid-sized compani...
Video platform-for-hire ViewLift points to a new era of TV-network-as-a-service
Venture Beat - 22 Aug 2015 15:00
Get ready for ad-hoc branded video networks that surface everywhere and then fade away when the demand does. One possible engine for such a new era in online video is a pedigreed startup called ViewLift. It has the modes...
Tesla engineer joins Apple's growing team of automated car experts
Venture Beat - 22 Aug 2015 12:02
(By Paul Lienert and Julia Love, Reuters) – Consumer electronics company Apple has hired a senior engineer from electric car maker Tesla Motors, according to a LinkedIn posting, as part of Apple’s effort to build a t...