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Vandals attack Facebook building in Germany
Venture Beat - 14 Dec 2015 07:24
Vandals have damaged a building housing Facebook's offices in Hamburg, smashing glass, throwing paint and spraying "Facebook dislike" on a wall...
Meet 5 of Japan's most prominent health care startups: Symax, Clintal, and more
Venture Beat - 14 Dec 2015 06:01
Health2.0, started in California in 2007, is the global conference introducing the latest technologies and advanced solutions in the medical and health sector. The conference washeld in Japan for the first time over a tw...
Four Simple Steps To Improve Your Cash Flow
Forbes - 14 Dec 2015 23:24
Cash flow is the life blood of any small business. We all know it, but we don't all live it.
Should You Go Into Business With Your Spouse?
Forbes - 14 Dec 2015 23:19
Should You Go Into Business With Your Spouse?
My Top 10 Brand Winners And Losers Of 2015
Forbes - 14 Dec 2015 22:10
I love writing my end-of-year column. For one thing, it’s fun to hash out this year’s brand winners and losers with 400 or so of my fiercely opinionated colleagues. And secondly, who doesn’t like to play armchair q...
Yahoo open sources Anthelion web crawler for parsing structured data on HTML pages
Venture Beat - 14 Dec 2015 21:52
Yahoo today announced that it has released the source code for its Anthelion web crawler designed for parsing structured data from HTML pages under an open source license. Web crawling is at the very core of Yahoo, even ...
Samsung takes $548 million Apple patent case to U.S. Supreme Court
Venture Beat - 14 Dec 2015 21:47
NEW YORK (Reuters, Andrew Chung) — Samsung took to the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday in a last-ditch effort to pare back the more than $548 million in damages it must pay Apple for infringing the patents and designs of ...
Facebook's latest API embeds videos right into apps
Venture Beat - 14 Dec 2015 20:45
Facebook says it has improved the way we embed public videos and posts from the social network. The company has released an API that now gives developers support for embedding video players into their applications and we...
Live Streaming Is Coming To Facebook: What You Need To Know
Forbes - 14 Dec 2015 20:15
Facebook has just made it easier for anyone with a smartphone to jump on the live streaming bandwagon.
SocialRank's new tool gives enterprises insights about their followers
Venture Beat - 14 Dec 2015 20:00
SocialRank has launched an enterprise product that will give brands, agencies, and organizations more information about who follows them on social media. Called SocialRank for Teams, it’s a collaborative team product t...
Facebook's Parse launches SDKs for tvOS, watchOS 2
Venture Beat - 14 Dec 2015 20:00
The rush to develop apps for Apple's two newest products has kicked into high gear, as platform providers roll out tools to facilitate this trend. The latest entry comes from Parse, which today has launched two new SDKs ...
Funding Daily: Today's tech funding news, in one place
Venture Beat - 14 Dec 2015 19:41
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. Korean startup Yello Mobile closes a $47 million round Yello Mobile closed its most recent funding r...
Google Maps for iOS gets offline navigation, popular business hours, and up-to-date gas prices
Venture Beat - 14 Dec 2015 19:32
Google today updated its Google Maps app for iOS with a slew of new features. You can download the new version now directly from Apple’s App Store (iOS 7+ required). Although the app’s changelog only mentions “See ...
The IoT is the Internet of Easy Home Hacking
Venture Beat - 14 Dec 2015 18:10
SPONSORED: Every unsecured IoT device can act as an entry point to your household as well as your online assets. Intruders can even use the Internet of Things to open your front door from the inside -- literally.
JetBlue/Emirates Partnership Beats Out United For A Federal Contract, And A Route Dies
Forbes - 14 Dec 2015 18:09
In the battle between the big three U.S. carriers and the three subsidized Gulf airlines, the General Services Administration has handed a victory to the UAE-based Emirates.
How Questions About Terrorism Challenge Bitcoin Startups
Forbes - 14 Dec 2015 18:06
In light of the recent attacks in Paris that led to the deaths of 129 Parisians, the European Union (EU) and other international powers, including the United States and Russia, have been gathering to discuss how to curb ...
How I Stopped Worrying And Found Balance In Big Data
Forbes - 14 Dec 2015 18:02
When approaching partnerships and business development opportunities, everyone wants to de-risk situations to the best of their abilities. More often than not, that means building a comprehensive business case with data ...
Samsung Galaxy S7 will reportedly feature USB Type C, microSD, and a version of 3D Touch
Venture Beat - 14 Dec 2015 17:38
A new report (via PhoneDog) claims that the Samsung Galaxy S7 will reveal a number of additions when it’s unveiled in late February, although it will look relatively similar to this year’s Galaxy S6. The report, in t...
Your Single Best Investment For 2016
Forbes - 14 Dec 2015 17:38
As the New Year approaches, many organizations and individuals are deep in planning mode. Where will you make your bets to drive the best possible outcomes? What investments will hit pay dirt in the coming months and yea...
Pandora launches personalized stations with Thumbprint Radio
Venture Beat - 14 Dec 2015 17:27
Pandora is delving deeper into personalized content with the launch of Thumbprint Radio, which creates streams of music based on the songs you’ve thumbed up. Pandora has always streamed music based on a chosen artist o...
How To Take Your Boss's Position In One Simple Step
Forbes - 14 Dec 2015 17:00
You’ve had your eye on the corner office for a while. You know for a fact that your boss makes five times as much as you, has a retirement account in the high seven figures, and enjoys unilateral power throughout the c...
'Shark' looking to invest in women-led start-ups
CNBC - 14 Dec 2015 17:00
The venture capital funding gap is real for women entrepreneurs. How one "Shark Tank" investor is out to change that.