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Aimee Groth, Business Insider Earlier this year we met Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh, who was just beginning to spend $350 million of his own money to transform Las Vegas. He invited us to spend a few days in Downtown Vegas, and we were impressed with what we saw. During our time there, small businesses...
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The Senate is set to take up discussion on an amendment relating to email privacy this Thursday, taking to task a key issue that balances individual privacy and needs of law enforcement. Late last week, controversy regarding email privacy legislation exploded after a report in CNET indicated that work that had been intended as strengthening protections had been gutted, and...
Before the Thanksgiving holiday, Facebook announced that it was going to do away with its four-year-old process whereby the service’s 1 billion users could vote on proposed privacy and usage policy changes. With this move, it had hoped to share user data with its affiliates like Instagram. However, before it goes forward with any...
Short one here, folks: If you are user of Windows 8 or Windows Server 2012, there is a cumulative update for the month of November that is worth snagging and installing. To the links: 32 bit Windows 8 users head here; 64 bit Windows 8 users head here; Windows Server 2012 users head here. Interestingly, while...
An Australian court made a huge mistake Monday. It ruled that Google can be treated as a publisher for the content of its search results – and therefore be found guilty of libel. If the ruling stands, Google will owe $200,000 to music promoter Milorad Trkulja, who sued Google because content on other websites...
Fact check: Contrary to the viral cure-all circulating across Facebook and the Internet at large, there is no simple fail-safe text to post that will deter Facebook from controlling your personal data. There is no magic bullet to keep your social privacy private. And in fact, you may not really need one. First, just...
Looking for a perfect holiday gift for that special someone? Well, you might be in an ever-shrinking minority – the rest of us will just be swapping virtual presents on Facebook. On Monday, Facebook added Apple’s iTunes store to its virtual gifting catalog. Facebook’s foray into holiday e-commerce is so aggressive that it’s actually...
After almost a decade of talking about it, the internet of things, is becoming a reality. And the reason for this sudden shift is sitting in your pocket. The smartphone is the catalyst for the growth of the internet of things beyond the luxury and industrial market. If we want to give runner-up awards,...