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IRS Proposes Changes to Administrative Appeals For Tax Court Cases
Forbes - 20 Oct 2015 06:43
In 1987, the IRS issued Revenue Procedure 87-24, which set forth the administrative appeals process for cases filed at the Tax Court. Almost thirty years later, noting increased litigation volume and agency reorganizatio...
Twitter hires New York Times editor at large for its Moments channel
Venture Beat - 20 Oct 2015 19:45
One week after announcing major layoffs, Twitter is hiring New York Times editor at large Marcus Mabry to help develop editorial direction for its new Moments section. Could not be more excited to join the team at @twitt...
Superman Of Stocks Paul Scolardi Wants To Help You Get Super Rich
Forbes - 20 Oct 2015 19:15
Though he’s often referred to as “The Superman of Stocks”, Paul Scolardi’s superpowers are all self-made. A veteran stock trader of 17 years, Scolardi is known for his preternatural ability to spot momentum befor...
Google backs new wind farm in Kenya as its investment in clean energy tops $2B
Venture Beat - 20 Oct 2015 18:12
Google is expanding its investment in green energy through a new wind project in Kenya. In total, the company has invested $2 billion in clean energy initiatives. Today, the company pledged to purchase a stake in the Lak...
How Asia's Startups Can Choose The Right Accelerator Program
Forbes - 20 Oct 2015 08:26
The startup market is hot. According to Thomson Reuters, startups around the world raised over $88 billion in funding in the first nine months of 2015. Approximately $25 billion of that amount went to startups in Asia. ...
EMC spins out VMware cloud services and makes them part of Virtustream
Venture Beat - 21 Oct 2015 01:56
Enterprise software player VMware, which is partly owned by EMC — which in turn just got bought by Dell for $67 billion — today announced that its making some big changes to its cloud services. VMware’s vCloud Air ...
Microsoft's latest Windows 10 Mobile preview adds missed calls and texting from PC, Skype integration, and more
Venture Beat - 21 Oct 2015 01:56
Microsoft released a new Windows 10 Mobile preview today. The new build for phones includes support for missed call notifications and sending texts on your PC, Skype integration, as well as improvements to Cortana, the P...
Yahoo and Google revive search deal after 2008 antitrust lawsuit killed it
Venture Beat - 21 Oct 2015 01:02
Yahoo announced it will soon be able to choose Google to complete its users’ Internet searches and to deliver ads around the search results. Currently, Yahoo can direct its searches to Microsoft Bing, or use its own se...
Yahoo reports weak $1.23B revenue for Q3 as Alibaba spin-off nears
Venture Beat - 21 Oct 2015 00:22
Yahoo reported third-quarter earnings of $0.15 per share on revenue of $1.23 billion. Analysts expected $1.26 billion in quarterly revenue and earnings of $0.17. Though Yahoo missed expectations across the board, its mob...
U.S. is very late to securities crowdfunding. Can we catch up to the rest of the world?
Venture Beat - 20 Oct 2015 23:00
GUEST: Three and a half years ago I was sitting in the Rose Garden at the White House as President Obama signed the JOBS Act into law. He called the work we did on modernizing the securities laws (which we thought would ...
Microsoft starts a bug bounty for open-source .NET Core and ASP.NET
Venture Beat - 20 Oct 2015 22:49
Microsoft today announced the beginning of a new bug bounty to pay researchers to find security holes in some of the tech giant’s recently open-sourced web development tools. The new program specifically applies to Mic...
Web personalization: Get to know your customer before they buy (webinar)
Venture Beat - 20 Oct 2015 22:34
VB WEBINAR: Join us for this live webinar on Thursday, October 22 at 10 a.m. Pacific, 1 p.m. Eastern. Register here for free. Imagine going into a store to buy shoes and having the clerk not talk with you — he doesn't ...
'20 years ago, I created the best font in the world'
Venture Beat - 20 Oct 2015 22:23
“Twenty years ago, I made the best font in the world,” declared Vincent Connare to a packed audience at Wired’s annual conference in London. Not everyone will agree with that assertion, of course, when they learn t...
Senate to consider controversial cybersecurity bill
Venture Beat - 20 Oct 2015 21:56
WASHINGTON (Patricia Zengerle for Reuters) — The U.S. Senate is expected to begin considering as soon as Tuesday a long-delayed bill that would make it easier for corporations to share information about cyber attacks w...
Microsoft OneNote now supports FiftyThree's Pencil and Paper on iPad
Venture Beat - 20 Oct 2015 21:35
Microsoft today announced that its OneNote note-taking app for iPad can now work with startup FiftyThree’s iOS-centric Pencil stylus, and documents made with the Paper note-taking app on iOS can now be sent to OneNote....
Gigya simplifying customer identity management and social authentication globally
Venture Beat - 20 Oct 2015 21:30
SPONSORED: This sponsored post is produced by Gigya. There’s nothing more maddening than searching through a sea of emails just to remember an old login ID and password. Whether it’s commenting in a forum, making an ...
Google Maps now helps Android users plan pit stops and find the cheapest gas
Venture Beat - 20 Oct 2015 21:25
Google’s latest update to Maps is aimed at people who need to make multiple stops between point A and point B. Now, through a new drop-down menu in Maps, users can view gas stations with their prices, as well as a list...
HTC One A9 finally revealed, receiving special 'unlocked edition'
Venture Beat - 20 Oct 2015 20:57
HTC is allowing users to get their hands on the One A9 bootloader without voiding the device's warranty
Sharktech opens gateway to DDoS protection in Europe
Venture Beat - 20 Oct 2015 20:57
PRESS RELEASE: Sharktech, the leading DDoS protection company, today announced the opening of its Amsterdam data center, bringing automatic DDoS protection to European companies' IT infrastructure. "European customers ha...
Facebook's Instant Articles are now available to all iOS users, coming to Android soon
Venture Beat - 20 Oct 2015 20:28
Facebook announced today that Instant Articles are now available to iPhone users. The company claims that “thousands of new articles” will be available daily to users right from within their Facebook app — instantl...
Tuesday's Must-Reads For Entrepreneurs: 'Action Plans Must Be Recorded In Glass Frog'
Forbes - 20 Oct 2015 19:27
Today's news and insights for business owners, including a new tool that will tell you if your startup is about to die.
How Zoosk uses creative testing to improve the science of mobile user acquisition
Venture Beat - 20 Oct 2015 19:10
SPONSORED: As marketers in the non-gaming mobile ecosystem try to quickly catch up to their gaming counterparts, “Mobile Heroes” brings you a weekly series of articles offering insights and education for marketers of...