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Ellen’s Oscar celeb selfie a landmark media moment

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NEW YORK (AP) — Ellen DeGeneres' celeb-studded selfie from the most-watched Oscars telecast in a decade was a landmark social media moment at a time online conversation is boosting television...

Shai Reshef: President Of World’s First Non-Profit, Tuition-Free, Accredited, Online University

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Shai Reshef is an Israeli-born entrepreneur who now lives in Pasadena, California. Although his master’s degree is in Chinese politics, he has made his name professionally in private education. He...

Forbes 30-Under-30 Honoree, Nic Borg, On Technology Enabled Education

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This is the tenth article in the Education Technology Innovation series, and it is fair to say that Nic Borg’s background is unlike any of the other entrepreneurs featured in the series. Like others...

A Professor With A Western Past Remakes Pakistan’s Entrepreneurial Future

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Umar Saif has done a lot in his 35 years.  A Pakistani, he earned his PhD in computer science from the University of Cambridge at 22. He began a post doctorate degree at MIT at an age when most...

Blackmailer Hacks Popular Twitter Handle, Commits A Near-Perfect Crime

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Naoki Hiroshima, a developer of social apps like Echofon and Cocoyon, was used to people trying to steal his rare Twitter username, @N. He regularly received password reset instructions from people...

So You Got a New Product: Do You Have Proof-Of-Concept?

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I have had the luxury of meeting over 500 startups at Red Rocket Ventures over the last three years.  And, typically, most of them approach me at the same point in their startup ...

China’s Relaxation Of Its One-Child Policy Is A Bright Spot From 2013

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By Scott Beaulier As the year came to an end, there were plenty of things from 2013 to look back on and be pessimistic about. Edward Snowden’s revelations about the scale and scope of NSA spying,...
    






A Smart Watch…REALLY?!

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Most of you have, by now, unpacked your Xmas gifts. Many of you are probably wondering if there are some you should return.  Should you hang on to the items that seem cool at Christmas but that,...