Forbes Youngest Woman Billionaire Now Worth $0
Elizabeth Holmes is a household name in many circles. And not just for making black turtlenecks cool again. Known for being the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of a blood test startup, Theranos, last year [..]
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Uber and Lyft Threating to Leave Chicago
A few weeks ago, Uber and Lyft have begun threatening to leave the Chicago market. This was because of a referendum which proposed that all drivers should be required to undergo background checks. They would need to be [..]
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Lady Gaga’s Startup Goes Out of Business
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Back in 2011, Lady Gaga teamed up with a couple of venture capitalists to start Backplane, an idea that was perceived to be a high-end money making idea at the time. Backplane was started as a social network builder which [..]
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Paypal Drops Payment Protection: Crowdfunding Becomes Riskier
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In a surprise turn of events, in a recent policy change, PayPal pulls buyer protection for crowdfunding sites and will no longer offer purchase protection on purchases made on those crowdfunding platforms. This is [..]
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Adobe Systems Acquires Livefyre Social Media Platform
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One of, if not the leading, multimedia and creativity software companies, Adobe Systems has acquired the San Francisco based social media platform company, Livefyre.
Livefyre launched in 2009. Initially the motive was [..]
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Why It Will Be More Difficult for Businesses to Reach Followers on Instagram
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Instagram has announced that they will be ditching the traditional reverse chronological feed for new algorithm-based personalized feeds.
Posts will no longer appear in a chronological order and instead, followers will see [..]
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Microsoft’s Artificial Intelligence Experiment Goes Horribly Wrong as ‘Tay’ Turns into a Sociopath
Some very smart people have voiced their concerns about Artificial Intelligence and the possible negative outcomes of developing AI. Elon Musk, Stephen Hawking and Microsoft founder Bill Gates are among those who think [..]
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Google is Offering $100,000 to Anyone Who Successfully Hacks Chromebook
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Since 2010, Google has been rewarding hackers who find vulnerabilities in their systems. And now, Google wants to offer you a fat check, if you can remotely hack Chromebook. Don’t believe it? Well, Google [..]
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LinkedIn Acquires Recruiting Startup Connectifier
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This year, Linkedin will attempt to improve their recruiting and hiring products. One of the biggest steps in that direction is their [..]
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Google Ventures to Reduce Seed-Stage Funding
Well, if you were hoping that Google Ventures would give you $500,000 to develop your new app, you can stop hoping. The company has decided to move away from offering seed-stage capital to startups.
Bill Maris, CEO of Google [..]
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