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Billionaire Bunker: Inside The World's Largest Private Apocalypse Shelter, The Oppidum
Forbes - 5 Nov 2015 19:00
It stands alone in a quiet valley in the Czech Republic, bordered by a magnificent countryside. The estate is surrounded by high walls, and is not visible at ground level. From the air, the compound appears to be a large...
Ironically, Slim Chance Of IRS Audit Means Big Tax Problems
Forbes - 5 Nov 2015 17:43
Don't be blindsided by low IRS audit rates. Assuming that you won't be audited can be one of the biggest tax mistakes you can make.
WestHouse Hotel: Boutique Art Deco Digs Near New York's Times Square
Forbes - 5 Nov 2015 22:59
The WestHouse hotel sits just on the fringe of Times Square—quiet and unassuming 55th street property has seamlessly dipped into the madhouse Manhattan mix, offering a glam Art Deco hotel experience with a bed and brea...
Code Girl documentary perfectly sums up why more girls don't code
Venture Beat - 5 Nov 2015 02:20
“In our school we have 67 cases of Hepatitis A, because of the water,” begins one of the high school girls behind Apa Pura, an app that maps the level of contamination from E. coli, hepatitis, and heavy metals in wel...
Nvidia beats Wall Street's Q3 expectations with strong graphics chip sales
Venture Beat - 6 Nov 2015 01:39
Nvidia released third-fiscal quarter earnings today that beat Wall Street's expectations. The world’s biggest standalone graphics chip maker reported that its revenue and earnings both exceeded expectations. The non-GA...
Glu Mobile beats earnings targets, predicts weak Q4, and hires former Kabam exec to run studios
Venture Beat - 6 Nov 2015 01:27
Glu Mobile said that its fourth-fiscal quarter earnings would be down significantly from past expectations, sending its stock into a tailspin in after-hours trading. The company also said today it has appointed Nick Earl...
New Relic buys devops monitoring tool Opsmatic
Venture Beat - 6 Nov 2015 01:27
Publicly traded company New Relic, best known for its developer-focused application performance management software, announced today that it has acquired Opsmatic, an early-stage startup with a cloud service for devops m...
Take-Two bags $364.9M in revenue to beat Wall Street expectations in fiscal Q2
Venture Beat - 6 Nov 2015 01:21
It turns out that the company that makes Grand Theft Auto also knows how to make money. Take-Two Interactive reported the results of its fiscal second quarter today, and the company revealed that it generated $364.9 mill...
B2B buyers expect B2C-like personalization, but B2B sellers struggle
Venture Beat - 6 Nov 2015 01:02
New research finds that expectations shaped by B2C interactions are rapidly making their way into B2B decision-making. The research comes from Accenture Digital and SAP Hybris, and it also shows the growing importance of...
AppLovin launches an SDK to put ads in Apple TV apps
Venture Beat - 6 Nov 2015 01:00
Ads are coming soon to some of your favorite Apple TV apps, thanks to a new SDK that’s being released this month by AppLovin. Built around the tvOS platform, this offering lets developers incorporate videos ads into th...
Medium now lets users shield themselves from nasty comments
Venture Beat - 6 Nov 2015 00:47
Blogging platform Medium, known for its interest in fostering intraplatform discussion, is now allowing writers to hide response posts. Here’s how Medium introduced the new tool: We live in the real world and recognize...
Google Keep for iOS now lets you export notes to Google Docs
Venture Beat - 6 Nov 2015 00:41
Google today announced that the iOS version of the Google Keep note-taking app now allows users to export notes to Google Docs. It’s a nice addition that became available on the Web in March and on Android in August. T...
PeopleLinx announces new release as sales tech landscape takes shape
Venture Beat - 6 Nov 2015 00:11
EXCLUSIVE: Philadelphia-based startup PeopleLinx is announcing PeopleLinx 4 today, on the heels of a $3.5 million investment led by Osage Partners. The announcement brings several updates to the PeopleLinx platform that ...
Booking.com, largest Google advertiser: Facebook hasn't 'cracked the code' on direct response
Venture Beat - 5 Nov 2015 23:45
EXCLUSIVE: The chief executive of Booking.com, the company widely acknowledged as the largest spender of advertising on Google, says Facebook still hasn’t cracked the code on direct-response advertising. But Booking.co...
Twitter releases Answers as a standalone mobile analytics kit
Venture Beat - 5 Nov 2015 23:44
Today Twitter is making its Answers analytics tool available as a kit for everyone from developers to executives. The new kit is available on Fabric for both iOS and Android. Since Answers first broke out of Crashlytics ...
The Singer/Songwriter YouTube Sensation You Need To Know: Ali Brustofski
Forbes - 5 Nov 2015 23:42
She’s a sensation on YouTube with her original songs, as well as with her cover songs, and Ali Brustofski is making quite a name for herself. Brustofski has almost 100 million video views and 500,000 subscribers on You...
Too many startups caught by hidden sales tax nightmares (webinar)
Venture Beat - 5 Nov 2015 23:12
VB WEBINAR: Missed it? Access this on-demand webinar for free right here. In life, there are three things you can always count on: death, taxes, and the unexpected sales tax your business must pay without ever knowing wh...
Android Lollipop passes 25% adoption, Marshmallow grabs just 0.3%
Venture Beat - 5 Nov 2015 22:45
One in four Android devices is now running Lollipop, but this isn’t even the latest version of Google’s mobile operating system. The company released its monthly update to the Platform Versions page for Android today...
Sniper Shuts Down San Diego Airport, Could It Happen Elsewhere?
Forbes - 5 Nov 2015 22:36
From the ground in San Diego, it almost feels like you could slap a 737 on the belly if only you could jump like LeBron James.
Practicing What You Preach: Building A Family-Friendly Startup
Forbes - 5 Nov 2015 22:34
Some people start companies because they're tired of working for someone else. Some start companies because they find the right partner. For Kirsti Tcherkoyan, it was a little of both.
Microsoft releases new Windows 10 preview for PCs ahead of November update, promises it's 'very fast and smooth'
Venture Beat - 5 Nov 2015 22:24
Microsoft today released a new Windows 10 preview for PCs. Unlike the past few builds, this one doesn’t have any new features and is instead “focused on bug fixes and general improvements.” Gabe Aul, Microsoft’s ...
Microsoft accelerator program boosting Seattle's start-up scene
CNBC - 5 Nov 2015 22:20
CNBC's Kate Rogers reports on how Microsoft is boosting the Seattle entrepreneurial ecosystem.